The Bone Clocks : Longlisted for the Booker Prize

Author(s): Mitchell, David
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 18/06/2015,
Pagination: 640 pages, 6,
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780340921623,
Description:

'ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY' IndependentWinner of the World Fantasy Award and longlisted for the Booker and Folio Prizes'A triumph'Guardian'Fantastical'Observer'Epic'Evening Standard'Mind-spinning'Independent on Sunday'Dazzling'New York TimesThe internationally bestselling novel from the author of Cloud Atlas, at once the kaleidoscopic story of an unusual woman's life, a metaphysical thriller and a profound meditation on mortality and survivalRun away, one drowsy summer's afternoon, with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflict.

Over six decades, the consequences of a moment's impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imagining. And as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family's survival . . .

PRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL'A thrilling and gifted writer'Financial Times'Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good'Daily Mail'Mitchell is, clearly, a genius'New York Times Book Review'An author of extraordinary ambition and skill'Independent on Sunday'A superb storyteller'The New Yorker