Anti, a quiet English boy living in Quito, Ecuador, strikes up a friendship with flamboyant classmate Fabián, who is everything Anti isn't: handsome, athletic and popular. What's more, he lives with his rakish Uncle Suarez, while Anti is stuck in the dull ex-pat world inhabited by his parents.

Suarez, a storyteller par excellence, infects the boys with his passion for outlandish tales, and before long their relationship becomes one conducted entirely through the telling of tales. One subject, however, is taboo: Fabián's parents.

But when details surrounding their disappearance begin to emerge, Anti decides to console his friend with a story suggesting that Fabián's mother may be living at a bizarre hospital on the coast for patients with memory loss. With confused emotions and reality losing its grip, the boys embark on a quixotic voyage across Ecuador in search of an 'Amnesia Clinic' that may, or may not exist.

Adding to my "Debut Novels" Bookbox

Taken from the Debut novel bookbox

This is a surreal story but very enjoyable. I really enjoyed the stories even though it wasn't always obvious which were real and which fantasy. Good descriptions of Ecuador too.

Sending for a LFL.

One of seven books received in a parcel from dolph1n. Thank you so much.

After a long time away this book has returned to my Little Free Library. Picked up to move on.