Slade House

One of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any, countryIndependent
Deliciously creepy
SUNDAY TIMES

Irresistible
MAIL ON SUNDAY

Manically ingenious
GUARDIAN

The chilling seventh novel from the critically acclaimed author of Cloud Atlas
Turn down Slade Alley - narrow, dank and easy to miss, even when youre looking for it. Find the small black iron door set into the right-hand wall. No handle, no keyhole, but at your touch it swings open. Enter the sunlit garden of an old house that doesnt quite make sense; too grand for the shabby neighbourhood, too large for the space it occupies.

A stranger greets you and invites you inside. At first, you wont want to leave. Later, youll find that you cant.

This unnerving, taut and intricately woven tale by one of our most original and bewitching writers begins in 1979 and comes to its turbulent conclusion around Halloween, 2015. Because every nine years, on the last Saturday of October, a guest is summoned to Slade House. But why has that person been chosen, by whom and for what purpose? The answers lie waiting in the long attic, at the top of the stairs . . .

PRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL
A thrilling and gifted writer
FINANCIAL TIMES

Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good
DAILY MAIL

Mitchell is, clearly, a genius
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

An author of extraordinary ambition and skill
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

A superb storyteller
THE NEW YORKER