Switzy with Emma Cline
Thu 24 Sep 2026
7:00pm at Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, 14-15 John Street, Bath, BA1 2JL
All tickets include 15% off any books purchased on the night, a glass of wine or soft drink, author talk, Q&A and signing.
Other ways to book:
Email books@mrbsemporium.com, call 01225 331155 or pop into the shop at 14-15 John Street, Bath. BA1 2JL.
Emma Cline, author of the bestselling sensation The Girls, as well as shop favourites Daddy and The Guest, will be joining us in Bath this September to discuss her brilliant new novel, Switzy.
A mesmerising portrait of an ageing man’s last pilgrimage, Switzy showcases Emma as a truly dazzling and ambitious talent – but don’t just take our word for it, as it has already been longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize!
Of Switzy, the Booker Prize judging panel says: “Cline writes vividly about the trappings of the elite – the private jets, the heirloom watches – as well as their sad social cost in a story that feels immersive, elegiac, and very real.”
Can’t make it to the event? Order a signed & dedicated copy here!
About the book:
A 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. In his pocket is a notebook filled with urgent reminders — but he can no longer read his own handwriting. He’s travelling with his assistant.
There will be a stopover in London, dinner with his adult daughter, a meeting in France with an old friend. His final destination: a clinic in Zurich. As David glides through hotel rooms, airports and foreign cities, his grasp on the present slips away and the past rushes in.
With David’s arrival in Zurich looming, an exquisitely rendered portrait of an unravelling mind emerges. Hypnotic and moving, Switzy probes 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.
“Sublime… completely gripping… a wonder.” MARK HADDON
“Her best book yet. Completely extraordinary.” DAISY JOHNSON
“A real feat… the writing really, really pops.” JEM CALDER
“An astonishingly gifted stylist.” BRANDON TAYLOR
“Something about Cline’s intimate tone, her talent for conjuring the feeling of being alive, is entirely and uniquely her own.” RACHEL KUSHNER