{"product_id":"bone-clocks-9780340921623","title":"Bone Clocks","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003e''ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY'' \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the World Fantasy Award and longlisted for the Booker and Folio Prizes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A triumph''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fantastical''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Epic''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Mind-spinning''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Dazzling''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe internationally bestselling novel from the author of\u003ci\u003e Cloud Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e, at once the kaleidoscopic story of an unusual woman''s life, a metaphysical thriller and a profound meditation on mortality and survival\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRun away, one drowsy summer''s afternoon, with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A thrilling and gifted writer''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Mitchell is, clearly, a genius''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An author of extraordinary ambition and skill''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A superb storyteller''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn epic in many voices . . . \u003cb\u003ea globe-trotting, mind-bending, hair-raising triumph\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eHe is \u003cb\u003efunny, hip and full of life \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003ea\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebeautiful explosion of adventurous ideas\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eIf only real life were as elegant and generally encouraging as a Mitchell novel! He writes with \u003cb\u003escintillating verve and abundance\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e600 pages of metafictional shenanigans in \u003cb\u003erelentlessly brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e prose . . . Death is at the heart of this novel. And there lies its depth and darkness, bravely concealed with all the wit and sleight of hand and ventriloquistic verbiage and tale-telling bravura of which Mitchell is a master . . . It's \u003cb\u003ea whopper of a story\u003c\/b\u003e -- Ursula K. Le Guin * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFantastical, ambitious, bold and exuberant\u003c\/b\u003e -- Viv Groskop, Books of the Year * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eepic \u003c\/b\u003eread * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eNo one, clearly, has ever told Mitchell that the novel is dead. \u003cb\u003eHe writes with a furious intensity and slapped-awake vitality, with a delight in language\u003c\/b\u003e and all the rabbit holes of experience -- Pico Iyer * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mind-spinning, genre-splicing time-travelling epic\u003c\/b\u003e * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eMitchell's \u003cb\u003emesmerizing\u003c\/b\u003e saga is evidence of the power of story to transport us, and even to stop time entirely * Vanity Fair *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eextraordinary \u003c\/b\u003epiece of storytelling -- Books of the Year * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eA return to the exuberance and genre-hopping of Cloud Atlas, and \u003cb\u003ea proper page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e -- Stephanie Merritt, Books of the Year * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMitchell is a consummate craftsman\u003c\/b\u003e . . . For sci-fi fantasists, the imaginary world Mitchell creates might be a thing of wonder, a Dungeons and Dragons for literate grown-ups. For others, I suspect the flesh and blood anguish of a long life lived well against the odds will prove the greater pleasure * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eEvery page fizzes with energy and humour. \u003cb\u003eWildly imaginative\u003c\/b\u003e and truly magical, this is a big, chunky feast of a book * Sunday Mirror *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDazzling\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Mitchell's heavy arsenal of talents is showcased in these pages: his \u003cb\u003esymphonic imagination\u003c\/b\u003e; his ventriloquist's ability to channel the voices of myriad characters from different time zones and cultures; his intuitive understanding of children and knack for capturing their solemnity and humor; and his ear for language - its rhythms, sounds and inflections -- Michiko Kakutani * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eIntellectually rigorous and stunningly imaginative . . . a \u003cb\u003erich\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003edense\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003einventive\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ewitty\u003c\/b\u003e thriller * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e, Mitchell rises to meet and match the legacy of \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e . . . interconnected lives stretch across time; human contact is both frightening and vital. This novel \u003cb\u003eelectrifyingly \u003c\/b\u003eunites Mitchell's fictions into one universe while telling the story of Holly Sykes, an ordinary young woman whose chance encounters give her life meaning * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003eAt once a gripping thriller and a far-out fantasy, \u003cb\u003ea brilliant mash-up\u003c\/b\u003e that pulsates with energy, satire and wit * Tatler *\u003cbr\u003eCombines \u003cb\u003efantastic inventiveness\u003c\/b\u003e with depth and heart -- Books of the Year * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cb\u003e divinely inventive\u003c\/b\u003e author . . . This new novel offers up a rich selection of domestic realism, gothic fantasy and apocalyptic speculation, stretching around the world from the Margaret Thatcher era of the 1980s to the Endarkenment of 2043 . . . Some of these narrators are moving and sympathetic; others radiate the metastasizing creepiness of a Patricia Highsmith villain * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eIf I could file a review that consisted only of the word \"wow\" 900 times over, it still wouldn't quite capture my delirious response to David Mitchell's \u003cb\u003estunning\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003efunny\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e sad\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eprophetic\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003efantastical\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e satirical\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eachingly real and gloriously fictitious\u003c\/b\u003e new novel * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eIt's \u003cb\u003emassively bold and ambitious\u003c\/b\u003e, but also thoroughly readable, \u003cb\u003efunny\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand moving\u003c\/b\u003e * Heat *\u003cbr\u003eOur most accomplished inventor of multitudinous worlds, which are filled with complex, vital people . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks \u003c\/i\u003efeatures a gyre-works inventiveness that's well matched by (bizarrely) cerebral substance . . . his most sinewy, fine and full book to date, \u003cb\u003ea Mobius strip-tripping great novel\u003c\/b\u003e that will reward bleary-eyed rereading * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most \u003cb\u003eentertaining and thrilling\u003c\/b\u003e novels I've read in a long time . . . \u003cb\u003ean extraordinary fun house of a novel\u003c\/b\u003e -- Meg Wolitzer * NPR *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ludicrously ambitious, unstoppably clever epic \u003c\/b\u003etold through a chorus of diverse narrators that is both outrageous in scope and meticulous in execution * The Atlantic *\u003cbr\u003eIs \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e the most ambitious novel ever written, or just the most Mitchell-esque? . . . From gritty realism to far-out fantasy, each section has its own charm and surprises. With its wayward thoughts, chance meetings, and attention to detail, Mitchell's novel is \u003cb\u003ea thing of beauty\u003c\/b\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreat story, great words, all good\u003c\/b\u003e * Stephen King *\u003cbr\u003eGreat fun . . . \u003cb\u003ea tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e * San Francisco Chronicle *\u003cbr\u003eMitchell is one of the most electric writers alive. To open a Mitchell book is to set forth on an adventure . . . In his latest novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e, Mitchell has spun his most far-flung tale yet . . . \u003cb\u003eStrange and magical\u003c\/b\u003e * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMind-bendingly ambitious\u003c\/b\u003e . . . The force of [Mitchell's] storytelling makes \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e a joy * Time *\u003cbr\u003eMitchell is a superb storyteller . . . One of the reasons he is such a popular and critically lauded writer is that he combines both the giddy, freewheeling ceaselessness of the pure storyteller with the grounded realism of the humanist. \u003cb\u003eThere's something for everyone, traditionalist or postmodernist, realist or fantasist\u003c\/b\u003e * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagical \u003c\/b\u003e. . . 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