***LONG-LISTED FOR THE Country wide BOOK AWARD***

From the author of Silence Once Begun, a beguiling new novel about a man starting over at the standard level, and the strange girl who insinuates herself into his life and memory space.

A guy and a female have moved right into a little house in a little village. The girl is an “examiner,” the man, her “claimant.” The examiner can be both doctor and guide, charged with teaching the claimant a series of simple features: that is a seat, that is a fork, this is how you meet people. She makes notes in her journal about his progress: he is showing improvement yet his dreams are troubling. 1 day the examiner brings the claimant to a celebration, where he fits Hilda, a charismatic but volatile woman whose surprising assertions toss everything the claimant provides learned into question. What’s this village? Why is he right here? And who’s Hilda? A remarkable novel of love, illness, despair, and betrayal, A Cure for Suicide is the most captivating novel yet from one of our most audacious and unique young writers.