Emma Cline Loses the Plot — on Purpose

In “Switzy,” a wealthy businessman with Alzheimer’s races to end his life.

The Tuesday Review

(Random House)

We just don’t do gonzo publishing stories like we used to.

Twelve years ago, publicity focused on Emma Cline like sunlight through a magnifying glass. The 25-year-old unpublished novelist had secured a three-book deal reportedly worth $2 million. In 2016, The Girls, her hot debut novel — inspired by the Manson family, no l…