The Third Day
Book description
From the jacket flap:
Here is a gripping story of a man in pursuit of himself--a man suffering a psychological blackout who decides, instead of running way, to face his forgotten life and the riddle of his own character.
Charles Bancroft--although at first he does not know his own name--is…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Third Day as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I’m always a sucker for a well-done amnesia mystery. A character discovering he might not have been the best person before whatever incident triggered the memory loss is particularly vulnerable. As he tries to start over with a wife who is nearly a stranger, someone is trying to kill him, making for a terrific recipe of empathy and tension.
When you add the possibility of salvaging his relationship with his son, the result for me was a series of sequences with great emotional payoffs and a very satisfying ending. I’m glad I found the book before the movie because I…
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