: Critics have described the plot as a cat-and-mouse game filled with dark humor and classic noir elements, where patient and doctor become inextricably confused.
: To uncover the truth, the protagonist adopts a false identity—"Rebecca Smyth"—and begins attending therapy sessions with Braithwaite. As the sessions progress, the lines between her real self and her fabricated persona begin to blur. Caso Clinico Graeme Macrae rar
: The novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize . : Critics have described the plot as a
The story is presented as a "found manuscript." Burnet frames the book with a prologue explaining how he received a series of notebooks in 2020 from a stranger. These notebooks tell the story of a young woman in 1965 London who is convinced that a charismatic, radical psychotherapist named drove her sister to suicide. Key Features : The novel was longlisted for the Booker
: The novel is deeply rooted in the historical context of the "anti-psychiatry" movement of the 60s, featuring Braithwaite as a fictional contemporary to real figures like R.D. Laing.