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Ghostwritten: The extraordinary first novel from the author of Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
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Winner of the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.
A 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.
An 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?
Set at the fugitive edges of Asia and Europe, Ghostwritten weaves together a host of characters, their interconnected destinies determined by the inescapable forces of cause and effect.
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Praise for Ghostwritten: The extraordinary first novel from the author of Cloud Atlas
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Demands to be read and re-read . . . an astonishing debut - IndependentThe accolades are well deserved . . . Ghostwritten is a wide-reaching, multi-layered novel . . . Mitchell also captures a tenderness, a yearning for something deeper, just below what often appears in as a bleak and cheerless surface - ObserverMitchell's dazzling debut covers a lot of geography and a vast range of topics. The whole magpie's nest is loosely bundled into the net bag of a fiercely incomprehensible and mystical plot. - The TimesOne of the best first novels I've read in a long time . . . I couldn't put it down - Mail on SundayA firework display . . . a remarkable novel by a young writer of remarkable talent - ObserverTechnically accomplished, but consistently funny and affecting: if you want to know what the distinctive literature of the 21st century will look like, begin here - IndependentThe best first novel I have read in ages . . . it beguiles, informs, shocks and captivates. - Daily TelegraphFabulously atmospheric and wryly perceptive . . . a huge new talent - Guardian Books of the Year
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