: 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
The story is presented as a "found manuscript." Burnet frames the book with a prologue explaining how he received a series of notebooks in 2020 from a stranger. These notebooks tell the story of a young woman in 1965 London who is convinced that a charismatic, radical psychotherapist named drove her sister to suicide. Key Features Caso Clinico Graeme Macrae rar
Caso clínico (originally published as Case Study in 2021) is a dazzling, metafictional thriller by Scottish author Graeme Macrae Burnet . Set in the 1960s, it functions as a psychological puzzle that explores the fluid nature of identity, sanity, and the ethics of psychoanalysis. : Burnet intersperses the woman's notebooks with his
: To uncover the truth, the protagonist adopts a false identity—"Rebecca Smyth"—and begins attending therapy sessions with Braithwaite. As the sessions progress, the lines between her real self and her fabricated persona begin to blur. Key Features Caso clínico (originally published as Case
: 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 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.