{"product_id":"the-bone-clocks-cd-9781490635330","title":"The Bone Clocks","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller by the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003cb\u003e Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed One of the Top Ten Fiction Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eTime, Entertainment Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e O: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eAn American Library Association Notable Book \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e Winner of the World Fantasy Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks, \u003c\/i\u003e  David] Mitchell rises to meet and match the legacy of \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e.--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing a terrible fight with her mother over her boyfriend, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her family and her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as the radio people, Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Holly has caught the attention of a cabal of dangerous mystics--and their enemies. But her lost weekend is merely the prelude to a shocking disappearance that leaves her family irrevocably scarred. This unsolved mystery will echo through every decade of Holly's life, affecting all the people Holly loves--even the ones who are not yet born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Cambridge scholarship boy grooming himself for wealth and influence, a conflicted father who feels alive only while reporting on the war in Iraq, a middle-aged writer mourning his exile from the bestseller list--all have a part to play in this surreal, invisible war on the margins of our world. From the medieval Swiss Alps to the nineteenth-century Australian bush, from a hotel in Shanghai to a Manhattan townhouse in the near future, their stories come together in moments of everyday grace and extraordinary wonder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rich with character and realms of possibility, \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic novel that begs to be taken apart and put back together by a writer \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e calls the novelist who's been showing us the future of fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An elegant conjurer of interconnected tales, a genre-bending daredevil, and a master prose stylist, David Mitchell has become one of the leading literary voices of his generation. His hypnotic new novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks, \u003c\/i\u003e crackles with invention and wit and sheer storytelling pleasure--it is fiction at its most spellbinding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed to more than 20 year-end best of lists, including\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNPR \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e Slate \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e BuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most entertaining and thrilling novels I've read in a long time.\u003cb\u003e--Meg Wolitzer, NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mitchell] writes with a furious intensity and slapped-awake vitality, with a delight in language and all the rabbit holes of experience.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Intensely compelling . . . fantastically witty . . . offers up a rich selection of domestic realism, gothic fantasy and apocalyptic speculation.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  A] time-traveling, culture-crossing, genre-bending marvel of a novel.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Great fun . . . a tour de force . . .  Mitchell] channels his narrators with vivid expertise.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50377144107281,"sku":"CIN1490635335G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1490635335.jpg?v=1750758680","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-bone-clocks-cd-9781490635330","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}