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The dazzling new novel from the best-selling author of Cloud Atlas.

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014

Run away, one drowsy summer's afternoon, with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflict.

Over six decades, the consequences of a moment's impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imagining. And as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family's survival....

2014, Man Booker Prize, Long-listed

2015, Folio Prize, Long-listed

©2014 David Mitchell (P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Science Fiction Heartfelt
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…. The 4th narrator is truly terrible. Thankfully the quality of the writing and the story being told make up for it

Great story but…..

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an amazing journey through a life filled with joy and pain. I loved it so much, I'm bereft it's ended

best book I've read/listened to in years

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I loved the story. a mixture of romance, sci-fi and sociopolitical. narrators were excellent. I listened to it for hours on end each day

rivetting

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I loved this book but feel cheated by the terribly bleak, dystopian ending. Such a disappointment to an otherwise flawless story.

Would have been 5* but for the disappointing ending.

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Good book with excellent narrators. The Canadian female voice lost me a bit but the others were great. The theme of the book kind of flips about a few times, I liked that. The characters are so well rounded and unique in this book, it’s hard to believe they were all penned by the same author. David Mitchell is a talent, I will listen to more of his books for sure.

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