{"product_id":"ghostwritten-9780340739754","title":"Ghostwritten","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\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Astonishingly accomplished''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Remarkable''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Gripping''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fabulously atmospheric''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Engrossing''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent achievement and an engrossing experience, David Mitchell''s first novel announced the arrival of one of the most exciting writers of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn apocalyptic cult member carries out a gas attack on a rush-hour metro, but what links him to a jazz buff in downtown Tokyo? Or to a Mongolian gangster, a woman on a holy mountain who talks to a tree, and a late night New York DJ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet at the fugitive edges of Asia and Europe, \u003ci\u003eGhostwritten \u003c\/i\u003eweaves together a host of characters, their interconnected destinies determined by the inescapable forces of cause and effect.\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\u003eDemands to be read and re-read . . . an \u003cb\u003eastonishing \u003c\/b\u003edebut * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the best first novels I've read in a long time . . . I couldn't put it down -- A. S. Byatt * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003eremarkable \u003c\/b\u003enovel by a young writer of remarkable talent * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThe best first novel I have read in ages . . . it beguiles, informs, shocks and captivates -- William Boyd * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eMitchell plays one \u003cb\u003eextraordinary \u003c\/b\u003eriff after another . . . If you want to know what the distinctive literature of the 21st century will look like, begin here -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFabulously atmospheric\u003c\/b\u003e and wryly perceptive . . . a huge new talent * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003eremarkable\u003c\/b\u003e first novel * Time Out *\u003cbr\u003eEngaging and \u003cb\u003eengrossing\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eThe most \u003cb\u003ebreathtaking\u003c\/b\u003e debut I've ever read -- Sue Perkins * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGripping \u003c\/b\u003eand innovative * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eextraordinarily assured\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003enovel of global reach and millennial ambition * Esquire *\u003cbr\u003eThis first novel displays a cool and intelligent virtuosity and an amazingly copious imagination * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA brilliantly constructed novel which you must read for yourself . . . truly \u003cb\u003ea masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e -- Books of the Year * Vector *\u003cbr\u003eTautly plotted and with the page-turning qualities of a thriller, \u003ci\u003eGhostwritten\u003c\/i\u003e is an \u003cb\u003eintoxicating \u003c\/b\u003eread and is in danger of giving the post-modern novel a good name * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAstonishingly accomplished\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eFull of sly and sometimes \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e surprises . . . worth a dozen of the morally anorexic first novels that regularly come down the pipe. \u003ci\u003eGhostwritten\u003c\/i\u003e may conclude with the end of the world, but I, for one, am hoping for more -- Daniel Mendelsohn * New York Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003edazzling\u003c\/b\u003e piece of work * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eElegantly composed, gracefully plotted and full of humour . . . 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