{"product_id":"switzy","title":"Switzy","description":"\u003ch4\u003eEmma Cline | Paperback | September 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-author-about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"l-gutters\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"l-container\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe finest book yet from the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guest\u003c\/i\u003e: an ageing man with an unreliable mind plans the final days before he flies to Switzerland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant, exceptional... it broke my heart. A miracle of a novel' SAMANTHA HARVEY\u003cbr\u003e'Sublime... completely gripping... a wonder' MARK HADDON\u003cbr\u003e'Her best book yet. Completely extraordinary' DAISY JOHNSON\u003cbr\u003e‘A real feat... the writing really, really pops' JEM CALDER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK 2026 in: BBC,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookstr\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlossary\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eP\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eaper Trails*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mesmerising portrait of an ageing man’s last pilgrimage, from the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girls\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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. The notebook in his jacket pocket is filled with familiar phrases, urgent reminders to himself, but he struggles to recognize his own handwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mystery, among many mysteries. The world, once so knowable, has been rendered inscrutable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is what David knows: Cody, his assistant, asleep in the seat next to him, will shepherd him along the voyage. A stopover in London. Dinner with his adult daughter. A meeting in France with an old friend, estranged for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis final destination is Zurich.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid glides through hotel rooms and airports and foreign cities, running out the clock on his mortal life. His grasp on the present slips away, and the past rushes in: the Sunday roasts of childhood. The stiff clothes meant only for church. A summer at a school friend’s house. The losses and missteps that punctuate a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs David’s arrival in Zurich looms, an exquisitely rendered portrait of an unravelling mind emerges, both darkly humorous and profoundly moving. Hypnotic and startlingly original,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwitzy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eprobes 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\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e---------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmma Cline is the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girls,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe story collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaddy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Cline's stories have been published in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She received the Plimpton Prize from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and was chosen as one of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's Best Young American Novelists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51264614432935,"sku":null,"price":44.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/Switzy.jpg?v=1787794452","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/en-nz\/products\/switzy","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}