The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block

I loved this book. I found it in a random pile of books in a charity shop and I actually think it is better than some of the Booker prize shortlist (The Quickening Maze for example).

There are two separate narratives - one by Seth, a teenage boy and one by Abel, an elderly man - both of which are distinctive voices and very well written. Seth and Abel both live in Texas and their lives are bound by early onset Alzheimers, a genetic disorder which affects both of their families. The disease is so destructive that it would be easy for this book to be very depressing, but it is actually not only uplifting but also funny (although quite dry). I would definitely recommend this book and it deserves to be better known than it is.