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'One of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any, country' Independent
'Deliciously creepy'
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'Manically ingenious'
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The chilling seventh novel from the critically acclaimed author of Cloud Atlas
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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.

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