SWITZY

Sublime completely gripping a wonder MARK HADDON Her best book yet Completely extraordinary DAISY JOHNSON A real feat the writing really really pops JEM CALDER A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK 2026 BBC Publishers Weekly Lit Hub Bookstr Glossary Paper Trails A mesmerising portrait of an ageing man s last pilgrimage from the bestselling author of The Girls and The GuestA private plane cuts through the winter night somewhere over Greenland David a retired executive sits back in his leather seat playing solitaire on his phone Click Click Drag Click In his pocket is a notebook filled with urgent reminders but he can no longer read his own handwriting He s travelling with his assistant There will be a stopover in London dinner with his adult daughter a meeting in France with an old friend His final destination a clinic in Zurich As David glides through hotel rooms airports and foreign cities his grasp on the present slips away and the past rushes in With David s arrival in Zurich looming an exquisitely rendered portrait of an unravelling mind emerges Hypnotic and moving Switzy probes the depths of human consciousness revealing what a man is left with when the accomplishments and compromises that have defined him and the illusions he s r