Monday, February 20, 2006

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

...is bloody brilliant. The best book I've read this year - I can't believe it didn't win the Man Booker prize.

The book is laid out like a 'russian doll' of short stories, each one subtly linked to the last and nestled in a pyramid of time; the book reaches its most futuristic in the middle, and then goes back and completes each preceeding story in turn.

It's amazingly well written - you could well imagine that each section is by a different author - such are the writing talents of David Mitchell.

Anyway, don't take my word for it. Read an excellent review from Felix last year here.

His previous book, Ghostwritten is now on my shelf waiting to be read.

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