![]() ![]() Like Shirley Jackson’s Hill House or the Overlook Hotel from Stephen King’s The Shining, is a thin sliver of hell designed to entrap the unwary. We turn to 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. 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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