Ghostwritten (Paperback, 2nd edition)

More of an experience that a novel, Mitchell's book's huge cast play off one another to dazzling efect. Set in the shadowlands and margins of Asia and Europe, stories intermingle with a bewildering and awe-inspiring brilliance. Ghostwritten becomes a melting pot into which are tossed a Japanese jazz fan, island cities, a Mongolian mobster, Buddha, 'The White Album', Ulan Bator's Grand Central Station and much much more. All the elements in this engrossing novel combine to form a masterpeiece which draws the reader into a world where everyone and everything has its own story to tell. (Kirkus UK)

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.

General

Imprint:	Sceptre
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2000
First published:	1999
Authors:	David Mitchell
Dimensions:	197 x 125 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	436
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-340-73975-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-340-73975-4
Barcode:	9780340739754

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