Description
| Product ID: | 9780340921623 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Bone Clocks |
| Subtitle: | Winner of the World Fantasy Award and Longlisted for the Booker and Folio Prizes |
| Authors: | Author: David Mitchell |
| Page Count: | 640 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The dazzling new novel from the author of Cloud Atlas, at once the kaleidoscopic story of an unusual woman's life, a metaphysical thriller and a profound meditation on mortality and survival. ''ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY'' INDEPENDENTWinner of the World Fantasy Award and longlisted for the Booker and Folio Prizes''A triumph'' GUARDIAN ''Fantastical'' OBSERVER ''Epic'' EVENING STANDARD ''Mind-spinning'' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ''Dazzling'' NEW YORK TIMES The internationally bestselling novel from the author of Cloud Atlas, at once the kaleidoscopic story of an unusual woman''s life, a metaphysical thriller and a profound meditation on mortality and survivalRun away, one drowsy summer''s afternoon, with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflict. Over 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 . . . PRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL''A thrilling and gifted writer'' FINANCIAL TIMES ''Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good'' DAILY MAIL ''Mitchell is, clearly, a genius'' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ''An author of extraordinary ambition and skill'' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ''A superb storyteller'' THE NEW YORKER |
| Imprint Name: | Sceptre |
| Publisher Name: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-06-18 |
