Reviews
Named One of the Season's Top 10 Works of Literary Fiction by Publishers Weekly Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2014 by The Millions "Mitchell returns to the genre-skipping, globe-trotting, techno-spiritual ambitions of his astonishing Cloud Atlas, taking even greater risks at even greater length." -- New York "If you can imagine the austere literary prowess of Ian McEwan married to the storytelling gifts of J.K. Rowling, you will begin to approximate David Mitchell. There's no real argument: he's the best novelist of his generation--and the most fun. The Bone Clocks is a stunning work of invention, incident, and character. The levels of awesome in this book are off the charts." --Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Heart-Shaped Box "A globe-trotting, time-bending epic that touches down in, among other places, England, Switzerland, Iraq, and Australia . . . Is The Bone Clocks the most ambitious novel ever written, or just the most Mitchell-esque? . . . From gritty realism to far-out fantasy, each section has its own charm and surprises. With its wayward thoughts, chance meetings, and attention to detail, [David] Mitchell's novel is a thing of beauty. . . . The less said about the plot the better, but fans of Mitchell's books will be thrilled." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Trademark Mitchell . . . another exacting, challenging and deeply rewarding novel from [the] logophile and time-travel master." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review), Advance praise for The Bone Clocks "Is The Bone Clocks the most ambitious novel ever written, or just the most Mitchell-esque? . . . From gritty realism to far-out fantasy, each section has its own charm and surprises. With its wayward thoughts, chance meetings, and attention to detail, [David] Mitchell's novel is a thing of beauty." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review), Named One of the Season's Top 10 Works of Literary Fiction by Publishers Weekly Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2014 by The Millions "Mitchell returns to the genre-skipping, globe-trotting, techno-spiritual ambitions of his astonishing Cloud Atlas, taking even greater risks at even greater length." -- New York "[ The Bone Clocks ] grounds Mitchell's vast intellectual ambition in real heart and character." -- Vogue "If you can imagine the austere literary prowess of Ian McEwan married to the storytelling gifts of J.K. Rowling, you will begin to approximate David Mitchell. There's no real argument: he's the best novelist of his generation--and the most fun. The Bone Clocks is a stunning work of invention, incident, and character. The levels of awesome in this book are off the charts." --Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Heart-Shaped Box "Curiouser and curiouser . . . mind-bending, interlocking tales that are reminiscent of a (very) adult version of Alice in Wonderland . . . [ The Bone Clocks ] won't disappoint." -- Library Journal (Editor's Pick) "A globe-trotting, time-bending epic that touches down in, among other places, England, Switzerland, Iraq, and Australia . . . Is The Bone Clocks the most ambitious novel ever written, or just the most Mitchell-esque? . . . From gritty realism to far-out fantasy, each section has its own charm and surprises. With its wayward thoughts, chance meetings, and attention to detail, [David] Mitchell's novel is a thing of beauty. . . . The less said about the plot the better, but fans of Mitchell's books will be thrilled, and may even bump into a few characters they've met before." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Trademark Mitchell . . . another exacting, challenging and deeply rewarding novel from [the] logophile and time-travel master." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review), Advance praise for The Bone Clocks "Mitchell returns to the genre-skipping, globe-trotting, techno-spiritual ambitions of his astonishing Cloud Atlas, taking even greater risks at even greater length." -- New York "Is The Bone Clocks the most ambitious novel ever written, or just the most Mitchell-esque? . . . From gritty realism to far-out fantasy, each section has its own charm and surprises. With its wayward thoughts, chance meetings, and attention to detail, [David] Mitchell's novel is a thing of beauty." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review), Advance praise for The Bone Clocks "Mitchell returns to the genre-skipping, globe-trotting, techno-spiritual ambitions of his astonishing Cloud Atlas, taking even greater risks at even greater length." -- New York "Is The Bone Clocks the most ambitious novel ever written, or just the most Mitchell-esque? . . . From gritty realism to far-out fantasy, each section has its own charm and surprises. With its wayward thoughts, chance meetings, and attention to detail, [David] Mitchell's novel is a thing of beauty." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Trademark Mitchell . . . another exacting, challenging and deeply rewarding novel from [the] logophile and time-travel master." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review), "Astonishing . . . No one, clearly, has ever told Mitchell that the novel is dead. He writes with a furious intensity and slapped-awake vitality, with a delight in language and all the rabbit holes of experience. . . . In his sixth novel, he''s brought together the time-capsule density of his eyes-wide-open adventure in traditional realism with the death-defying ambitions of Cloud Atlas until all borders between pubby England and the machinations of the undead begin to blur. . . . He clearly believes not just in words, alternate realities, burps of synchronicity, but in the excitement of thinking about belief and extending its borders without losing the clank of the real. . . . Not many novelists could take on plausible Aboriginal speech, imagine a world after climate change has ravaged it and wonder whether whales suffer from unrequited love. . . . Very few [writers] excite the reader about both the visceral world and the visionary one as Mitchell does." -- The New York Times Book Review "A hell of a great read . . . wild, funny, terrifying . . . a slipstream masterpiece all its own . . . David Mitchell is a genre-bending, time-leaping, world-traveling, puzzle-making, literary magician, and The Bone Clocks is one of his best books." -- Esquire "A fantastic, perilous journey over continents and decades. Fans of Mitchell''s Cloud Atlas will find this equally ambitious and mind-bending." -- Marie Claire "Mitchell is back to try to shoot the moon again in a sweeping epic, The Bone Clocks, that, like Cloud Atlas, spans the ages and tinkers with the hidden gears of human history. It reads as if it were dreamed up whole and plotted out in a huge unlined notebook packed with drawings, charts, explosions of scribbles." -- GQ "A cautionary metaphysical thriller that grounds its ambition in its heroine''s human charm." -- Vogue "By the earth-shaking climax, you''ll be glad you kept up." -- Details "Visionary author David Mitchell bent time, space, and the minds of millions with his vertiginously ambitious novel Cloud Atlas . Now, ten years and two subsequent novels later, the author returns to the genre-warping, time-tripping, metaphysical thriller form with a vengeance. . . . Mitchell''s mesmerizing saga is evidence of the power of story to transport us, and even to stop time entirely." -- Vanity Fair "A globe-trotting, mind-bending, hair-raising triumph, already sitting pretty on the Booker longlist." -- The Guardian (UK) "Mitchell returns to the genre-skipping, globe-trotting, techno-spiritual ambitions of his astonishing Cloud Atlas, taking even greater risks at even greater length." -- New York "If you can imagine the austere literary prowess of Ian McEwan married to the storytelling gifts of J.K. Rowling, you will begin to approximate David Mitchell. There''s no real argument: he''s the best novelist of his generation--and the most fun. The Bone Clocks is a stunning work of invention, incident, and character. The levels of awesome in this book are off the charts." --Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Heart-Shaped Box "Curiouser and curiouser . . . mind-bending, interlocking tales that are reminiscent of a (very) adult version of Alice in Wonderland . . . [ The Bone Clocks ] won''t disappoint." -- Library Journal (Editor''s Pick) "Is The Bone Clocks the most ambitious novel ever written, or just the most Mitchell-esque? . . . From gritty realism to far-out fantasy, each section has its own charm and surprises. With its wayward thoughts, chance meetings, and attention to detail, [David] Mitchell''s novel is a thing of beauty. . . . The less said about the plot the better, but fans of Mitchell''s books will be thrilled, and may even bump into a few characters they''ve met before." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Trademark Mitchell . . . another exacting, challenging and deeply rewarding novel from [the] logophile and time-travel master." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review), Named One of the Season's Top 10 Works of Literary Fiction by Publishers Weekly Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2014 by The Millions "Visionary author David Mitchell bent time, space, and the minds of millions with his vertiginously ambitious novel Cloud Atlas . Now, ten years and two subsequent novels later, the author returns to the genre-warping, time-tripping, metaphysical thriller form with a vengeance. . . . Mitchell's mesmerizing saga is evidence of the power of story to transport us, and even to stop time entirely." -- Vanity Fair "A globe-trotting, mind-bending, hair-raising triumph, already sitting pretty on the Booker longlist." -- The Guardian (UK) "[ The Bone Clocks ] grounds Mitchell's vast intellectual ambition in real heart and character." -- Vogue "Mitchell returns to the genre-skipping, globe-trotting, techno-spiritual ambitions of his astonishing Cloud Atlas, taking even greater risks at even greater length." -- New York "If you can imagine the austere literary prowess of Ian McEwan married to the storytelling gifts of J.K. Rowling, you will begin to approximate David Mitchell. There's no real argument: he's the best novelist of his generation--and the most fun. The Bone Clocks is a stunning work of invention, incident, and character. The levels of awesome in this book are off the charts." --Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Heart-Shaped Box "Curiouser and curiouser . . . mind-bending, interlocking tales that are reminiscent of a (very) adult version of Alice in Wonderland . . . [ The Bone Clocks ] won't disappoint." -- Library Journal (Editor's Pick) "Is The Bone Clocks the most ambitious novel ever written, or just the most Mitchell-esque? . . . From gritty realism to far-out fantasy, each section has its own charm and surprises. With its wayward thoughts, chance meetings, and attention to detail, [David] Mitchell's novel is a thing of beauty. . . . The less said about the plot the better, but fans of Mitchell's books will be thrilled, and may even bump into a few characters they've met before." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Trademark Mitchell . . . another exacting, challenging and deeply rewarding novel from [the] logophile and time-travel master." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review), Named One of the Season's Top 10 Works of Literary Fiction by Publishers Weekly Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2014 by The Millions "Mitchell returns to the genre-skipping, globe-trotting, techno-spiritual ambitions of his astonishing Cloud Atlas, taking even greater risks at even greater length." -- New York "If you can imagine the austere literary prowess of Ian McEwan married to the storytelling gifts of J.K. Rowling, you will begin to approximate David Mitchell. There's no real argument: he's the best novelist of his generation--and the most fun. The Bone Clocks is a stunning work of invention, incident, and character. The levels of awesome in this book are off the charts." --Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Heart-Shaped Box "Curiouser and curiouser . . . mind-bending, interlocking tales that are reminiscent of a (very) adult version of Alice in Wonderland . . . [ The Bone Clocks ] won't disappoint." -- Library Journal (Editor's Pick) "A globe-trotting, time-bending epic that touches down in, among other places, England, Switzerland, Iraq, and Australia . . . Is The Bone Clocks the most ambitious novel ever written, or just the most Mitchell-esque? . . . From gritty realism to far-out fantasy, each section has its own charm and surprises. With its wayward thoughts, chance meetings, and attention to detail, [David] Mitchell's novel is a thing of beauty. . . . The less said about the plot the better, but fans of Mitchell's books will be thrilled, and may even bump into a few characters they've met before." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Trademark Mitchell . . . another exacting, challenging and deeply rewarding novel from [the] logophile and time-travel master." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review), Named One of the Season's Top 10 Works of Literary Fiction by Publishers Weekly "Mitchell returns to the genre-skipping, globe-trotting, techno-spiritual ambitions of his astonishing Cloud Atlas, taking even greater risks at even greater length." -- New York "A globe-trotting, time-bending epic that touches down in, among other places, England, Switzerland, Iraq, and Australia . . . Is The Bone Clocks the most ambitious novel ever written, or just the most Mitchell-esque? . . . From gritty realism to far-out fantasy, each section has its own charm and surprises. With its wayward thoughts, chance meetings, and attention to detail, [David] Mitchell's novel is a thing of beauty. . . . The less said about the plot the better, but fans of Mitchell's books will be thrilled, and may even bump into a few characters they've met before." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Trademark Mitchell . . . another exacting, challenging and deeply rewarding novel from [the] logophile and time-travel master." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)