Previously released as "Out of My Head", "Unknown" takes you into the mind of Martin Harris, a Yale botanist relocating to Paris. Before he has a chance to settle into his new life with his wife, an car accident leaves him in a coma. Miraculously, he recovers only to find that someone has taken over his identity. A man who has the same history and memories as Martin himself. When he confronts his wife, she doesn't recognize him as her husband even though Martin knows her. With the help of Muriel, the cab driver who was driving when the accident occurred, Martin tries to find someone who can confirm who his mind and memories tell him he is.
This book is written in the first person and grips the reader from page one. You share the roller coaster emotions of someone who begins to doubt their own sanity and sense of reality. Is he Martin Harris? Is he delusional? How can two people share the same memories and have the same conviction that they are the person they believe themselves to be? It's a quick read that is hard to put down. I'm looking forward to the movie version.
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