{"product_id":"the-bone-clocks","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\u003e\"With \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\u003e\"One 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\r","brand":"David Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44442322305260,"sku":"9780812976823","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780812976823.jpg?v=1719677068","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/the-bone-clocks","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}