Memory Book
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Canada
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2006
- Category
- General
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Audio disc
- ISBN
- 9780864924704
- Publish Date
- Nov 2006
- List Price
- $29.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780143167525
- Publish Date
- May 2008
- List Price
- $13.5
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780143016663
- Publish Date
- Jan 2006
- List Price
- $10.99
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Description
In this eleventh Benny Cooperman mystery, the beloved private investigator becomes his own client.
Benny is recovering in a Toronto hospital from a serious blow to the head. He has a condition called alexia sine agraphia; in layman's terms, it means he can still write but cannot read. And his memory has been affected too: although he can still quote lines from his high-school production of Twelfth Night, he finds himself brushing his teeth with his shaving cream. Even his girlfriend's name—Anna Abraham—continues to elude him.
When Benny learns that he was found unconscious beside a dead woman in a Dumpster, he figures he must have been close to solving a case. With Anna working as field agent and two Toronto cops reluctantly sharing their discoveries, Benny tries to piece together the events that led to a murder—and his own injuries.
About the author
HOWARD ENGEL is the creator of the acclaimed Benny Cooperman mystery series, which has been published in more than 15 languages and adapted into two TV movies produced by the CBC and broadcast around the world. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2007, won the Writers' Trust of Canada Matt Cohen award for a life in writing in 2004, and received an honourary doctorate from Brock University. Engel experienced a mild stroke several years ago, leaving him unable to read but still able to write. His experiences of this condition, alexia sine agraphia, have been written about by Oliver Sacks in The New Yorker and in a recent book. Since his diagnosis, Engel continues to write prolifically and has detailed living with his condition through a memoir (The Man Who Forgot How To Read) and in his acclaimed Benny Cooperman series (Memory Book).
