- Fiction, Criminal investigation, Memory disorders, Identity (Psychology)
The main character is an actor (Paul Edwin Cole) in a traveling company. While out of town where nobody knows him, he sustains a head injury, causing severe memory loss. He's left to fend for himself when the acting company moves on.
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- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Donald E. Westlake
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 366
- Publisher
- Hard Case, Blackstone Publishing
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780843963755
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Donald Edwin Westlake was an American writer, with over a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit, writing under at least 20 pseudonyms. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction or other genres. He was a three-time Edgar Award winner and in 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society. Source: wikipedia
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