Graeme Macrae Burnet
“A novel of mind-bending brilliance.” Hannah Kent
“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 believes that a charismatic psychotherapist, Collins Braithwaite, has driven her sister to suicide. Intent on confirming her suspicions, she assumes a false identity and presents herself to him as a client, recording her experiences in a series of notebooks. But she soon finds herself drawn into a world in which she can no longer be certain of anything. Even her own character.
Case Study was longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize , shortlisted for the Ned Kelly International Crime Prize and for the Gordon Burn Prize and named by the New York Times as one of 100 Notable Books of the Year .
“ The defining essence of Burnet’s work … is as much about exploiting the possibilities of the novel form as it is about blurring the boundaries between appearance and reality.” Nina Allen, The Guardian
“Burnet captures his characters’ voice so brilliantly that what might have been just an intellectual game feels burstingly alive and engaging.” Jake Kerridge, The Telegraph
“A page turning blast, funny, sinister and perfectly plotted.” James Walton, The Times
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Case Study Hardcover – October 7, 2021
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- Print length 278 pages
- Language English
- Publisher Saraband
- Publication date October 7, 2021
- Dimensions 5.87 x 1.22 x 8.82 inches
- ISBN-10 1913393194
- ISBN-13 978-1913393199
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- Publisher : Saraband; First Edition (October 7, 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 278 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1913393194
- ISBN-13 : 978-1913393199
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.87 x 1.22 x 8.82 inches
- #9,854 in Psychological Fiction (Books)
About the author
Graeme macrae burnet.
Graeme Macrae Burnet is the author of the 'fiendishly readable' His Bloody Project, which was shortlisted for the 2016 Booker Prize and the LA Times Book Awards. It won the Saltire Prize for Fiction and has been published to great acclaim in twenty languages around the world.
His 2021 novel Case Study was longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Ned Kelly International Crime Prize and Gordon Burn Prize. Hannah Kent (Burial Rites) called it 'a novel of mind-bending brilliance.'
He is also the author of a trilogy of novels set in the small French town of Saint-Louis and featuring detective Georges Gorski: The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau (2014) and The Accident on the A35 (2017) and A Case of Matricide (October 2024).
"If Roland Barthes had written a detective novel, this would be it," was the Literary Review's verdict on The Accident on the A35
Born and brought up in Kilmarnock in the west of Scotland, Graeme now lives in Glasgow.
You can find him on twitter at @GMacraeBurnet.
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