A ‘merciless’ novel about memory and mortality

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A ‘merciless’ novel about memory and mortality

Switzy by Emma Cline.

This novel follows the final days of a wealthy executive, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, on his way to Switzerland to be euthanized.

It is “merciless” and “gut-twisting,” according to The Atlantic: Cline “pulls death out from behind the curtain and forces her readers to look it in the eye for more than 300 pages.” Buy Switzy from your local bookstore.

— Tom Chivers

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