Switzy

<p><b>***LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026***</b></p><p>'Brilliant, exceptional... it broke my heart. A miracle of a novel'<b> SAMANTHA HARVEY</b><Br>'A stunning achievement'<b> JOHANNA THOMAS-CORR,<i> SUNDAY TIMES</i></b><Br>'An absolute masterpiece' <b>INDIA KNIGHT </b><Br>'Profoundly moving' <b>CHRIS POWER, <i>GUARDIAN </i></b><Br>'Bold, vital storytelling' <b><i>MARIE CLAIRE </i></b><Br>'Sublime... completely gripping... a wonder' <b>MARK HADDON</b></p><p><b>A mesmerising portrait of an ageing man's last pilgrimage and his fading mind, from the bestselling author of <i>The Girls</i> and <i>The Guest </i></b></p><p>A 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>As David glides through hotel rooms, airports and foreign cities, his grasp on the present slips away and the past rushes in.</p><p>With David s arrival in Zurich looming, an exquisitely rendered portrait of an unravelling mind emerges. Hypnotic and moving, <i>Switzy</i> 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 relied on, vanish.</p><p><b>*A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK 2026: <i>BBC, Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Lit Hub, Bookstr, Glossary, Paper Trails*</i></b></p>