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DescriptionREISSUED AS A SCEPTRE 30TH CLASSIC, with a new afterword by the author. 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. ReviewsAn astonishing debut. 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 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 If you want to know what the distinctive literature of the 21st century will look like, begin here. -- Boyd Tonkin Independent Fabulously atmospheric and wryly perceptive ... a huge new talent. -- Books of the Year Guardian |