Dazzlingly inventive, witty, and mysterious: a writer pieces together the story of a young man's death in an exhilarating narrative puzzle reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial.
A young man dies in a car crash - accident or suicide? An unnamed writer with an agenda of his own sets out to piece together Samuel's story. From friends, relatives and neighbours, a portrait emerges of a loving son, reluctant bureaucrat, contrived poser, loyal friend. But who was Samuel really, and what happened to him? In filling out the contours of his existence, the writer grasps at a fundamental question: how do we account for the substance of a life?
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The neighbour sticks his head up over the hedge and asks who I am and what I am doing there.- PART 1, AM, THE HOUSE
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(@simonschusterUK, 14 July 2017, audiobook, 7 hrs 14 mins, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @BorrowBox)
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I really enjoyed listening to Everything I Don't Remember. I liked the way the book is structured, starting after Samuel's death with a writer nosing around Samuel's life trying to find out the truth of what happened to him then going back in time to develop Samuel's life and the events that led to his tragic death. I didn't start to get into the book until a few chapters in and then I couldn't stop listening. This is well-written, engrossing mystery-thriller.
