Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
CBC Books | Posted: February 10, 2023 6:39 PM | Last Updated: February 10, 2023
A novel inspired by reading psychological case studies from patients point of view
London, 1965. 'I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting myself in danger,' writes an anonymous patient, a young woman investigating her sister's suicide. In the guise of a dynamic and troubled alter-ego named Rebecca Smyth, she makes an appointment with the notorious and roughly charismatic psychotherapist Collins Braithwaite, whom she believes is responsible for her sister's death. But in this world of beguilement and bamboozlement, neither she nor we can be certain of anything. (From Biblioasis)