The Reflection

A MAJOR NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED THE EXECUTION1950s New York: Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley meets Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window.Disturbed by a troubling phone call, Dr Manne isn't himself when he's called out by the police to evaluate a man suspected of psychosis. But the man is perfectly calm, and insists he's not who the police says he is. Manne isn't sure what to believe, but something definitely isn't right. Before he knows it, he's helping his patient escape from an unfamiliar psychiatric hospital that reminds him of a story he heard during the war, about a secret government medical testing programme...With the stranger asleep in his bed, and the distinct feeling that he's being followed, Manne is determined to make sense of the events unfolding around him; that is until a careless slip on the subway leads to a horrific accident.Waking up in a hospital bed, Manne realises his own identity is not as certain as he'd always believed. What kind of a hospital is he in, why can't he leave, and who is the pretty young woman on the balcony, who he watches from his window As Manne pieces together the story, he realises that pretending to be someone else might be his only chance for escape.Written in relentlessly probing prose, The Reflection is a stunning psychological thriller full of mesmerizing echoes, unnerving recurrences and frightening reflections. It is the new must-read for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Raymond Chandler, and contemporary novels like Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy.


Genre: Literary Fiction