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Waking up in an East London hospital, with no identity or recollection of his past, the narrator has no option but to resign himself to a homeless and directionless existence.
Adopting the name of Robin Forest, he seeks refuge in a hostel and meets other displaced people who begin to influence his life: Luther, a modern-day Fagin; Charlotte, a suspected drug addict; Adrian, an exiled gay headmaster; Keith, an overbearing bore, hiding from the police; Sniffy, a recruiter for an east end gang.
Robin seeks to make a living by negotiating a begging pitch from Luther. He also befriends Charlotte, whose sister Kathy lies in a coma from a forced heroin overdose.
Triggered by conversations with his new found friends, Robin begins to have minor insights to his past l | |  | | The Nearest FarAway Place
Carl is unemployed and rich, and his search for an old girlfriend brings unexpected and murderous results.
For the last ten years, Carl Denham has immersed himself totally in establishing and running a successful business. Inexplicably his company is suddenly taken over and he finds himself unemployed, but two million pounds richer. With unexpected freedom, his mind turns to finding Sarah Zurek, the girl he loved who drove him to his workaholic exile all those years ago. Carl embarks upon a search for Sarah and uncovers a web of deceit perpetrated by his ex-wife, his business partner, and Sarah's family. Officially, Sarah committed suicide, but his alarming discoveries suggest she was murdered.
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