Ghostwritten

Description

Winner of the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. A magnificent achievement and an engrossing experience, David Mitchell's first novel announced the arrival of one of the most exciting writers of the twenty-first century. An apocalyptic cult member carries out a gas attack on a rush-hour metro, but what links him to a jazz buff in downtown Tokyo? Or to a Mongolian gangster, a woman on a holy mountain who talks to a tree, and a late night New York DJ? Set at the fugitive edges of Asia and Europe, Ghostwritten weaves together a host of characters, their interconnected destinies determined by the inescapable forces of cause and effect.

David Mitchell's debut novel, GHOSTWRITTEN, was first published in 1999 and was awarded the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. His second, NUMBER9DREAM, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In 2003, David Mitchell was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and his third novel, CLOUD ATLAS, was shortlisted for 6 awards including the Man Booker Prize and won the British Book Awards Best Literary Fiction and the South Bank Show Literature Prize. He lives in Ireland with his wife and daughter.

'Demands to be read and re-read ... an astonishing debut' -- Lawrence Norfolk, Independent 'One of the best first novels I've read in a long time ... I couldn't put it down' -- AS Byatt, Mail on Sunday 'A firework display ... a remarkable novel by a young writer of remarkable talent' -- Observer 'The best first novel I have read in ages ... it beguiles, informs, shocks and captivates.' -- William Boyd, Daily Telegraph Books of the 'Fabulously atmospheric and wryly perceptive ... a huge new talent' -- Guardian Books of the Year 'The best modern novel I have read for some time' -- Rachel Cusk, Express on Sunday 'A remarkable first novel ... Eastern, ethereal, yet flecked with flashes of commando grit, this multi-faceted novel is full of surprises' -- Time Out