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Texas A & M Univ Pr. 06/01/2003. A man named Robert who used to be a pianist loses a hand in an accident. His piano-playing days are over, and his ability to remember is severely compromised--the music he learned as a student, yes, but his age and a long-lost son, no. He attempts to recover his mental capacity, and finally takes off for Montana on a visit to his son. Or does he? Maybe he's imagining it all.... Originally published at $23.95 You save 96% off the cover price!

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Pub Group West. 12/10/2005. 248 pgs. Left for dead in a dumpster, Ontario PI Benny Cooperman emerges from an eight-week coma to discover several impairments in his memory--including how he ended up in the dumpster--and that while he can still write, he can no longer read. Aided by his girlfriend, Benny struggles to remember, and then solve, the case that led to his assault. The 11th in a series, this installment's particularly personal quality comes from the fact that its author, Howard Engel, wrote this book after suffering a stroke that also robbed him of the ability to read. An afterword by popular neurologist Oliver Sacks explains the disability, known as alexia sine agraphia, in more detail. Originally published at $13.95 You save 89% off the cover price!

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Random House Inc. 05/02/2006. 224 pgs. Peter Carey, Australian writer and winner of two Booker Prizes (OSCAR AND LUCINDA and TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG), returns with a bawdy and wickedly plotted tale of a formerly famous painter, his enormous man-child brother, and the femme fatale who lures them to Japan for an adventure involving forgery and the "art police." Originally published at $24.00 You save 96% off the cover price!

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