In 1965, a young research scientist named Margot Sharpe meets Elihu Hoopes, the subject of her study, a handsome amnesiac who cannot remember anything beyond the last seventy seconds. Margot, enthralled by her charming and lonely patient attempts to unlock Eli’s memories of a childhood trauma without losing her own sense of identity in the process. An eerie novel, as poignant as it is thrilling.