: It is widely praised by publications like El Mundo and La Vanguardia for its "mind-bending brilliance" and its exploration of the "splitting of the self".
: The novel is deeply rooted in the historical context of the "anti-psychiatry" movement of the 60s, featuring Braithwaite as a fictional contemporary to real figures like R.D. Laing. Caso Clinico Graeme Macrae rar
: The novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize . : It is widely praised by publications like
: Critics have described the plot as a cat-and-mouse game filled with dark humor and classic noir elements, where patient and doctor become inextricably confused. : The novel was longlisted for the Booker
: Burnet intersperses the woman's notebooks with his own "biographical research" into the life of the fictional Braithwaite, creating a "book within a book" that challenges the reader to determine what is fact and what is fiction. Critical Reception