The story so far: A man washes up naked on a beach on an island. He doesn't know what has happened to him but, dazed, he sets out swimming for shore. Picked up by a fishing trawler, he finds he knows the language of his rescuers, even though he's never studied it. Arriving on the mainland, the man discovers that it's not just languages: he knows ever fact there is to know about the world. The only thing he doesn't know is his name, or anything about himself, including how he wound up on the island in the first place. Using his knowledge he sets up as a detective under the name John Doe, and tries to help others while hoping to find clues to his own origins.
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