The Diagnosis

First UK edition. 8vo. 369pp. Cloth boards in grey, pictorial dustjacket.

Author's third novel. A 2000 National Book Award Nominee. "On his way to work one morning, Bill Chalmers suddenly discovers that he cannot remember where he is going, what he is meant to be doing, or, indeed, who he is". A harrowing tale of one man's struggle to cope in a wired world, even as his own biological wiring short-circuits. By the author of Einstein's Dreams (1993). "[The novel creates] a magical, metaphysical realm... as in Calvino's work, the fantastical elements of the stories are grounded in precise, crystalline prose." –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times