Case Study

From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted His Bloody Project, Case Study is a fast-paced, often humorous novel of mind-bending brilliance – a dazzling investigation into sanity, identity and truth itself.

“Undoubtedly one of the best books of the year.”

''A riveting psychological plot ... tortuous, cunning ... clever.''

“Sinister and cleverly done … punctures the myth-making of the period.”

''A thrilling investigation into the nature of sanity and identity''

''Caustically funny and surprisingly moving, this is one of the finest novels of the year.''

''Enormous fun … a mystery and a psychological drama wrapped up in one. Case Study is a triumph.''

“Burnet’s triumph is that it’s a page-turning blast, funny, sinister and perfectly plotted so as to reveal — or withhold — its secrets in a consistently satisfying way … Rarely has being constantly wrong-footed been so much fun.”

''Brilliant, bamboozling … Burnet captures his characters’ voices so brilliantly that what might have been just an intellectual game feels burstingly alive and engaging.''

''You’ll be completely beguiled by this sly, darkly comic offering, with its unreliable narrator and its equally unreliable author.''

“What’s real and what’s not is beside the point in this skilful portrait of a disturbed woman and her encounters with an experimental 1960s psychotherapist … Both strands quickly become compelling … I was hooked like a fish.”

''Such is Burnet’s skill that he immediately convinces the reader that everything he is about to say is based on historical fact … brilliantly depicted … intriguing … compulsive reading.''

“Poses questions about the nature of the self and the authenticity of identity … fine comic passages … shed[s] light on the dark places of the mind … He is an uncommonly interesting and satisfying novelist.”

''A masterclass of diversion … blurring the lines of fiction and reality … serious and witty at once … an enthralling read.''

"A wonderful book, very beautifully and intricately written, finely detailed and at times laugh out loud funny, populated by satisfying well-drawn characters."

''A novel of mind-bending brilliance. Graeme Macrae Burnet is a master of muddying the waters, of troubling ideas of truth and identity, fiction and documentary, and Case Study shows him at the height of his powers''

''Fun and funny, sly and serious, a beguiling literary game that manages to say more about the nature of the self than any number of more self-consciously solemn works'' ''His is a talent that shines brightly … an insightful, clever and exquisitely observed book … The characterisation is masterful.'' ''What a book! … a dizzying experience … The characterisation is superb; so rich … The sense of time and place is also wonderful.'' ''Poses questions about the nature of the self and the authenticity of identity … witty … one of the most inventive writers around.'' ''Encourages us to look more closely at the inherent instability of fiction itself … genuinely affecting … a very funny book.''

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 GORDON BURN PRIZE

''A page-turning blast.'' Times

''Genuinely affecting … a very funny book.'' Guardian

''Burstingly alive and engaging.'' Telegraph

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED HIS BLOODY PROJECT.

''I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting myself in danger.''

London, 1965. An unworldly young woman suspects charismatic psychotherapist Collins Braithwaite of involvement in a death in her family. Determined to find out more, she becomes a client of his under a false identity. But she soon finds herself drawn into a world in which she can no longer be certain of anything.

In Case Study, Graeme Macrae Burnet presents both sides: the woman’s notes and the life of Collins Braithwaite. The result is a dazzling, page-turning and wickedly humorous meditation on the nature of sanity, identity and truth itself, by one of the most inventive novelists writing today.

• | Author: Graeme Macrae Burnet
• | Publisher: Saraband
• | Publication Date: Oct 07, 2021
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781913393199
• | ISBN-10: 1913393194