The diagnosis

Alan P. Lightman

first published 2000 Vintage Contemporaries, 2002 369 pages

"While rushing to his office one warm summer morning, Bill Chalmers, a junior executive, realizes that he cannot remember where he is going or even who he is. All he remembers is the motto of his company: The maximum information in the minimum time.". "When Bill's memory returns, "his head pounding, remembering too much," a strange numbness afflicts him, beginning as a tingling in his hands and gradually spreading o...

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The diagnosis edition · 2002 · Vintage Contemporaries · 369 pages
The diagnosis edition · 2000 · Pantheon Books · 369 pages
The diagnosis edition · 2000 · Bloomsbury · 369 pages

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