Case Study

Reviews / Votes

'Encourages us to look more closely at the inherent instability of fiction itself ... genuinely affecting ... a very funny book.' -- Nina Allan * Guardian * 'A riveting psychological plot ... tortuous, cunning ... clever.' -- Kate Webb * The Times Literary Supplement * 'Caustically funny and surprisingly moving, this is one of the finest novels of the year.' -- Christian House * Financial Times * "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 '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 * 'Such is Burnet's skill that he immediately convinces the reader that everything he is about to say is based on historical fact ... brilliantly depicted ... intriguing ... compulsive reading.' -- John Boyne * Irish Times * "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 * '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 * 'His is a talent that shines brightly ... an insightful, clever and exquisitely observed book ... The characterisation is masterful.' * Dundee Courier * 'What a book! ... a dizzying experience ... The characterisation is superb; so rich ... The sense of time and place is also wonderful.' * Catherine Simpson * 'Poses questions about the nature of the self and the authenticity of identity ... witty ... one of the most inventive writers around.' * Product arts and culture magazine * 'Enormous fun ... a mystery and a psychological drama wrapped up in one. Case Study is a triumph.' -- Alex Preston * Observer * '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 * "Sinister and cleverly done ... punctures the myth-making of the period." -- Anthony Cummins * Daily Mail * "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 * '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 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 *