Switzy: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026

'A miracle of a novel' SAMANTHA HARVEY 'A stunning achivement' JOHANNA THOMAS-CORR, SUNDAY TIMES 'The last pages. . . will probably stay with me for ever' CHRIS POWER, GUARDIAN 'Immersive, elegiac and very real' BOOKER PRIZE 2026 JUDGES 'Sublime. . . completely gripping. . . a wonder' MARK HADDON 'Her best book yet. Completely extraordinary' DAISY JOHNSON A mesmerising portrait of an ageing man's last pilgrimage and his fading mind, from the bestselling author of The Girls and The Guest 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