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A malaria drug erased much of David MacLean's memory when he was thousands of miles away from his family, and at the mercy of strangers.  
   
MacLean first described his harrowing, total memory loss on 

Now he's written about his tale in the new book 

Here's the publisher's description of the book:

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At 28 years old, David MacLean woke up to a nightmare: He was thousands of miles away from home, had no money, passport or identity -- or memory.

David MacLean forgot everything about himself -- everything

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