Susannah Cahalan is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling
author of Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, a memoir about her
struggle with a rare autoimmune disease of the brain. She lives in
Brooklyn.
@scahalan | susannahcahalan.com
People have asked me over the years: if they liked The Psychopath
Test, what should they read next? I now have an answer. Susannah
Cahalan's The Great Pretender is such an achievement. It's a
wonderful look at the anti-psychiatry movement and a great
adventure - gripping, investigative. It's destined to become a
popular and important book
*JON RONSON*
Utterly compelling . . . important and spirited
* * Observer * *
A fascinating piece of detection . . . passionate [and] a warning
against easy answers
* * Sunday Times * *
A well-crafted, gripping narrative that succeeds on many levels.
Cahalan, who gained the trust of Rosenhan's family, is meticulous
and sensitive in her research; compelling and insightful in her
writing. She accurately conveys the troubles that have haunted
psychiatry over the past half-century . . . her book, which I hope
wins awards, has immense value as a historical account
* * Financial Times * *
Brilliant detective work . . . fascinating
* * Guardian * *
I wasn't really prepared for the story Cahalan ends up telling.
That she discovered the truth about Rosenhan is a testimony to her
dogged research. That this truth was inconvenient for her own
outlook on psychiatry is a compliment to her integrity. She writes
it all very well too, with clarity, economy and style
* * The Times * *
A vivid account . . . An impressive feat of investigative
journalism - tenaciously conducted, appealingly written . . . as
compelling as a detective novel
* * Economist * *
The Great Pretender recounts the remarkable investigation that
[Cahalan] undertook. The book reads like a fascinating real-life
detective story . . . Exposing what [Rosenhan] got up to is a quite
exceptional accomplishment, and Cahalan recounts the story vividly
and with great skill
* * Spectator * *
The Great Pretender reads like a detective story, with Cahalan
revealing tantalising clues at opportune moments so we can
experience the thrills of discovery alongside her
* * New York Times * *
A quite remarkable and utterly compelling real-life detective
story
* * Times Literary Supplement, Book of the Year * *
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