{"product_id":"9780358561828","title":"The Patient","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Patient\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jasper DeWitt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Silent Patient\u003c\/em\u003e by way of Stephen King: Parker, a young, overconfident psychiatrist new to his job at a mental asylum miscalculates catastrophically when he undertakes curing a mysterious and profoundly dangerous patient.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a series of online posts, Parker H., a young psychiatrist, chronicles the harrowing account of his time working at a dreary mental hospital in New England. Through this internet message board, Parker hopes to communicate with the world his effort to cure one bewildering patient.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We learn, as Parker did on his first day at the hospital, of the facility’s most difficult, profoundly dangerous case—a forty-year-old man who was originally admitted to the hospital at age six. This patient has no known diagnosis. His symptoms seem to evolve over time. Every person who has attempted to treat him has been driven to madness or suicide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Desperate and fearful, the hospital’s directors keep him strictly confined and allow minimal contact with staff for their own safety, convinced that releasing him would unleash catastrophe upon the outside world. Parker, brilliant and overconfident, takes it upon himself to discover what ails this patient and finally cure him. But from his first encounter with the mysterious patient, things spiral out of control and, facing a possibility beyond his wildest imaginings, Parker is forced to question everything he thought he knew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fans of Sarah Pinborough’s \u003cem\u003eBehind Her Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e and Paul Tremblay’s \u003cem\u003eThe Cabin at the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e will be riveted by Jasper DeWitt’s astonishing debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Library Journal Winter\/Spring Best Debut Novel \u003c\/strong\u003e   “Delightfully bonkers.”—\u003cstrong\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Crisp and creepy debut...the central plot and storytelling are gripping, built on smart psychological parrying and good old-fashioned gross-outs...entertainingly intense. A clever cocktail of psychological thriller and supernatural horror.”  —\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"Taut debut...Fans of Alex Michaelides’s \u003cem\u003eThe Silent Patient\u003c\/em\u003e will want to check this one out.\"  —\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e   “DeWitt imbues the narrative with existential horror, and its creeping dread will linger in readers’ minds. Fans of Alex Michaelides’ \u003cem\u003eThe Silent Patient\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) and Zoje Stage’s \u003cem\u003eBaby Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e (2018) will gobble this one up.”  —\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist \u003c\/strong\u003e   “A bone chiller.”—\u003cstrong\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e   “\u003cem\u003eThe Patient\u003c\/em\u003e is a narrative of slowly building horror that will grip the reader with a continuous set of shivers.”—\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Journal of Books \u003c\/strong\u003e   “A stunning debut! DeWitt's \u003cem\u003eThe Patient\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrilling, compulsive page-turner that will appeal to fans of F. Paul Wilson, Sarah Pinborough, and Alex Michaelides.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Brian Keene, best-selling author and World Horror Grandmaster Award winner \u003c\/strong\u003e   “‘Insidious evil’ is such an overused term, but there is no other way to describe what prowls the hallways of this riveting novella. A compulsive read I devoured in one day. And the ending . . . it still haunts me.” \u003cstrong\u003e—F. Paul Wilson, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling creator of the Repairman Jack series \u003c\/strong\u003e   “\u003cem\u003eThe Patient\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating and frightening read that comes at you like the monster under your bed.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Reed Farrel Coleman, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780358561828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41158512345294,"sku":"9780358561828","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780358561828.jpg?v=1651388401","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780358561828","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}