{"product_id":"9781784746643","title":"Switzy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Cline, Emma\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 10 September 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Chatto \u0026amp; Windus) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e222 x 138 | 500g\u003cp\u003e***LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026***'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs David glides through hotel rooms, airports and foreign cities, his grasp on the present slips away and the past rushes in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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 relied on, vanish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cline, Emma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53837180797112,"sku":"9781784746643","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781784746643.jpg?v=1785592856","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781784746643","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}