'Tightly crafted and suspenseful yet warmly human. Lovecraft, but possesses more psychic voltage than any of them.' - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 'A haunted house story that savors of Dickens, Stephen King, J. manically ingenious.' - The Guardian (U.K.) As the Mitchellverse grows ever more expansive and connected, this short but powerful novel hints at still more marvels to come.' - San Francisco Chronicle Like Shirley Jackson's Hill House or the Overlook Hotel from Stephen King's The Shining, Slade House] is a thin sliver of hell designed to entrap the unwary. We turn to Mitchell] for brain-tickling puzzle palaces, for character studies and for language.' - Chicago Tribune Mitchell is something of a magician.' - The Washington Post

Spanning five decades, from the last days of the 1970s to the present, leaping genres, and barreling toward an astonishing conclusion, this intricately woven novel will pull you into a reality-warping new vision of the haunted house story-as only David Mitchell could imagine it. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it's already too late.

Every nine years, the house's residents-an odd brother and sister-extend a unique invitation to someone who's different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a recently divorced policeman, a shy college student. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door.ĭown the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you'll find the entrance to Slade House. Description The New York Times bestseller by the author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas Named One of the Best Books of the Year by San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, National Post, BookPage, and Kirkus Reviews

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