Book description
'Deliciously creepy'
SUNDAY TIMES
'Irresistible'
MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Manically ingenious'
GUARDIAN
The chilling seventh novel from the critically acclaimed author of Cloud Atlas
Turn down Slade Alley - narrow, dank and easy to miss, even when you're…
Why read it?
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It’s hard to call any David Mitchell book a “sequel” since he writes in one big interconnected universe spanning multiple time periods, but Slade House was my entry point into his wonderful world, and I haven’t looked back.
Short and eerie, the five interconnected short stories (each set 9 years apart) making up his seventh novel serve as a perfect standalone primer to Mitchell’s special brand of magical realism and recurring characters.
From JL's list on standalone sequels you can read out of order.
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