The Silent Patient: High-octane debut lives up to its hype [Independent]

It's rare that a debut novel comes weighted with this much hype. However, the figures speak for themselves: The Silent Patient has been sold in 38 territories and Brad Pitt's Plan B Productions has bought the film rights. The book is already a New York Times bestseller, a couple of weeks after publication, which follows a seven-month long intensive marketing and publicity campaign by the publisher.