"This is an irrestible novel. It's virtuoso prose never falters; its quirky invention never fails." Zoe Heller, The Observer."A gymnastically clever piece of writing." Sunday Times.Long listed for the Booker Prize.There's no doubt about it. Joey Blueglass is a talented man. How many people can sing any song after hearing it once, read a newspaper then repeat its contents word for word backwards, or recall their life in the womb? Joey can and makes it pay by performing as a Memory Man in the smoky music halls of Victorian London, until it turns out there are some key events that Joey has forgotten...