{"product_id":"slade-house-cd-9781101923672","title":"Slade House","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed One of the Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, National Post, BookPage, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eKeep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you'll find the entrance to Slade House. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. At first, you won't want to leave. Later, you'll find that you can't. Every nine years, the house's residents--an odd brother and sister--extend a unique invitation to someone who's different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a recently divorced policeman, a shy college student. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it's already too late. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning five decades, from the last days of the 1970s to the present, leaping genres, and barreling toward an astonishing conclusion, this intricately woven novel will pull you into a reality-warping new vision of the haunted house story--as only David Mitchell could imagine it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSlade House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fiendish delight . . . Mitchell is something of a magician.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEntertainingly eerie . . . We turn to  Mitchell] for brain-tickling puzzle palaces, for character studies and for language.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A ripping yarn . . . Like Shirley Jackson's Hill House or the Overlook Hotel from Stephen King's \u003ci\u003eThe Shining, \u003c\/i\u003e  Slade House] is a thin sliver of hell designed to entrap the unwary. . . . As the Mitchellverse grows ever more expansive and connected, this short but powerful novel hints at still more marvels to come.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Stephen King in a fever . . . manically ingenious.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(U.K.)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A haunted house story that savors of Dickens, Stephen King, J. K. Rowling and H. P. Lovecraft, but possesses more psychic voltage than any of them.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tightly crafted and suspenseful yet warmly human . . . the ultimate spooky nursery tale for adults.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50378052206865,"sku":"CIN1101923679G","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50378053222673,"sku":"CIN1101923679VG","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1101923679.jpg?v=1750950792","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/slade-house-cd-9781101923672","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}