Author(s): Graeme Macrae Burnet

Novel | Humour & Satire | Crime and Thriller

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.

'A page-turning blast.' Times

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

'Burstingly alive and engaging.' Telegraph

'Enormous fun ... a mystery and a psychological drama wrapped up in one. Case Study is a triumph.'-- Alex Preston, Observer

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

"Sinister and cleverly done ... punctures the myth-making of the period."-- Anthony Cummins, Daily Mail

"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." -- Leyla Sanai, Spectator

'A thrilling investigation into the nature of sanity and identity' - Alice O'Keefe, Bookseller

"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." -- Allan Massie, Scotsman

"Undoubtedly one of the best books of the year." -- Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae

"A masterclass of diversion ... blurring the lines of fiction and reality ... serious and witty at once ... an enthralling read." -- Heather McDaid, The Skinny

'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' -- Hannah Kent

Author Biography: Born in Kilmarnock, Graeme Macrae Burnet is among the UK's leading contemporary novelists, having achieved both critical acclaim and best-selling status around the world. He lives in Glasgow, where he studied film and English literature. After teaching English overseas and working as a researcher in the television industry, he won a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award in 2013 and now writes full-time. He is best known for his dazzling Booker-shortlisted second novel, His Bloody Project. Graeme is also the author of two French-set detective novels: The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau (2014) and The Accident on the A35 (2017). Case Study is his fourth novel.