One of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any, country IndependentDeliciously creepySUNDAY TIMESIrresistibleMAIL ON SUNDAYManically ingeniousGUARDIANThe chilling seventh novel from the critically acclaimed author of Cloud Atlas Turn down Slade Alley narrow, dank and easy to miss, even when youre looking for it. Find the small black iron door set into the righthand wall. No handle, no keyhole, but at your touch it swings open. Enter the sunlit garden of an old house that doesnt quite make sense too grand for the shabby neighbourhood, too large for the space it occupies.A stranger greets you and invites you inside. At first, you wont want to leave. Later, youll find that you cant.This unnerving, taut and intricately woven tale by one of our most original and bewitching writers begins in 1979 and comes to its turbulent conclusion around Halloween, 2015. Because every nine years, on the last Saturday of October, a guest is summoned to Slade House. But why has that person been chosen, by whom and for what purpose? The answers lie waiting in the long attic, at the top of the stairs . . .PRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELLA thrilling and gifted writerFINANCIAL TIMESDizzyingly, dazzlingly goodDAILY MAILMitchell is, clearly, a geniusNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAn author of extraordinary ambition and skillINDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYA superb storytellerTHE NEW YORKER

Binding: Paperback;240 pages; Publisher: Hachette UK Distribution; Classification: FA; Weight: 294 g; Dimensions: 195 x 129 x 16

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