Case Study: Signed Exclusive Edition (Hardback)

"A riveting psychological plot ... tortuous, cunning ... clever." Kate Webb, The Times Literary Supplement

“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.” James Walton, The Times

'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

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

“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

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

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

'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

'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' David Szalay