Switzy
Emma Cline · Literary Fiction
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About this book
A mesmerising portrait of an unravelling mind, and an ageing man on his final pilgrimage - to Switzerland - from the Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Girls and The Guest It was sometimes like looking at the kindling for a life, a meticulously laid fire that was cold, unlit. The possibility was there, the elements properly arranged, but he couldn't remember how to make it. After a lifetime working in corporate finance, David Hastings is flying to Switzerland - or Switzy, as they all call it - in a private plane belonging to a former business associate. His memory has started playing tricks on him, and his assistant is behaving suspiciously. In a small leather-bound notebook, he keeps a record of his itinerary: LONDON, TWO DAYS. THREE DAYS ZURICH, COLD. In London, he will attempt to say goodbye to his daughter, Rebecca, but he barely knows her these days. In Zurich is a car that will take him across the border to visit Tom, an old schoolfriend who won't return David's letters but l
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