The Bone Clocks : Longlisted for the Booker Prize

Author: Mitchell, David

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 18 June 2015 by Hodder & Stoughton (Sceptre) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 640 pages, 6
198 x 129 x 41 | 442g

'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 TimesThe 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