James Scudamore — The Amnesia Clinic

London, Harvill Secker, 2006. Paperback. The uncorrected proof copy of this novel set in Ecuador. The Amnesia Clinic won the 2007 Somerset Maugham Award and was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Glen Dimplex Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize. It was described by Hilary Mantel as "A wonderful debut - witty, polished, fluent and effortlessly entertaining" and by the judges of the Costa Award as a "delightful book .. full of tall tales and fantasy". In the original paper wraps. Externally, smart. A couple of light marks and some sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .