Slade House

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One of our Books of the Year 2015.

Slade House, Slade Alley.  We enter it with different narrators from 1979 to the present in nine yearly intervals.  Initially each section is like a separate short story with the mysterious house the link but it soon becomes clear that the occupants are the actual link.  The house is a vessel, a “lacuna” in an “operandi” where our story becomes uncanny.  Those who enter it disappear; a mother and a son, a police officer, a student.  Three episodes which prompt an American journalist to investigate the disappearance of her sister and so a lot of fascinating back story is revealed.  Mitchell is a highly respected literary author who is having the most enormous fun with a twisted dark tale.  He is a joy to read and this improbable, far-fetched, intriguing story is a true delight.  With a huge amount of plot in just a few pages (233) it eventually moves into his The Bone Clocks territory.  Beautifully designed, you may read it on screen but I do urge you to buy a copy for the pure pleasure of owning such a lovely article. ~ Sarah Broadhurst

Reviewed by Sarah Broadhurst
Sarah Broadhurst spent her early working life in the book trade in both retail and wholesale until the arrival of children forced her to look for freelance work she could do from…
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About Slade House

This special edition of SLADE HOUSE, limited to 1,500 copies, is signed and numbered by the author. It has a uniquely designed cover, endpapers and slipcase, is bound with head and tail bands, and comes with a ribbon. Born out of the short story David Mitchell published on Twitter in 2014 and inhabiting the same universe as his latest bestselling novel The Bone Clocks, this is the perfect book to curl up with on a dark and stormy night.

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