Utopia Avenue: A Novel by David Mitchell (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The long-awaited new novel from the bestselling, prize-winning author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks.New York Times Book Review Editors Choice • "Mitchells rich imaginative stews bubble with history and drama, and this time the flavor is a blend of Carnaby Street and Chateau Marmont."—The Washington Post "A sheer pleasure to read . . . Mitchells prose is suppler and richer than ever . . . Making your way through this novel feels like riding a high-end convertible down Hollywood Boulevard."—Slate NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • NPR • USA Today • The Guardian • The Independent • Kirkus Reviews • Mens Health • PopMattersUtopia Avenue is the strangest British band youve never heard of. Emerging from Londons psychedelic scene in 1967, and fronted by folk singer Elf Holloway, blues bassist Dean Moss and guitar virtuoso Jasper de Zoet, Utopia Avenue embarked on a meteoric journey from the seedy clubs of Soho, a TV debut on Top of the Pops, the cusp of chart success, glory in Amsterdam, prison in Rome, and a fateful American sojourn in the Chelsea Hotel, Laurel Canyon, and San Francisco during the autumn of 68.David Mitchells kaleidoscopic novel tells the unexpurgated story of Utopia Avenues turbulent life and times; of fames Faustian pact and stardoms wobbly ladder; of the families we choose and the ones we dont; of voices in the head, and the truths and lies they whisper; of music, madness, and idealism. Can we really change the world, or does the world change us? FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography David Mitchell is the author of the novels Ghostwritten, number9dream, Cloud Atlas, Black Swan Green, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, The Bone Clocks, and Slade House. Twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, in 2018 he won the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. Review "[Mitchell]s work has been compared to that of Haruki Murakami, Thomas Pynchon and Anthony Burgess. But he occupies a field of his own. His eight novels are experimental but approachable. His sentences can be lyrical, but his prose is propulsive. Beneath the layers of references and unconventional structures lie lucid narratives. Mitchells obsessions–beyond the fictional meta-universe he has created–are with human voyages of self-actualization; the process of figuring out who we are, and how we connect, in the brief time we have."—Time "In 2020, there is something utopian about the idea of people gathering together to make and record and play music, to create a scenius together. Well get back to the garden someday."—Los Angeles Times"Mitchell, whose novels range through different modes and genres with extraordinary facility, has a lucid, kinetic style at all times, but he is never more impressive than when writing in close third person about characters in altered mental states—captivity, physical pain, madness. . . . A conventional story of a bands rise turns into a book on another plane entirely."—The New Yorker"For his first novel in five years, the author explores the universal language of music. . . . Its Daisy Jones & the Six on acid."—Entertainment Weekly "For his first novel in five years, the author explores the universal language of music . . . its Daisy Jones & the Six on acid."—Entertainment Weekly "The British pop-folk-rock band Utopia Avenue this novel focuses on seems so true to life, at least one reviewer (who shall not be named) may have Googled them just to confirm that they were a figment of the authors imagination."—AARP "Utopia Avenues got all the sex, drugs, and broken dreams you want in a rock novel, plus guest appearances by Jagger, Jerry, Janis, and Jim (Morrison)."—The Philadelphia Inquirer "Mitchell continues to use the rhythms of surface reality to dig much deeper, but without ever losing the beat."—Booklist (starred review) "Mitchell unspools at least a dozen original song lyrics and descriptions of performances that are just as fiery and infectious as his narratives. This is Mitchell at his best."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Those whose musical tastes end in the early 1970s—and literary tastes are up to the minute—will especially enjoy Mitchells yarn."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Review Quote Praise for David Mitchell "A genre-bending, time-leaping, world-traveling, puzzle-making, literary magician." -- Esquire "[David Mitchell is] prodigiously daring and imaginative . . . As in the works of Thomas Pynchon and Herman Melville, one feels the roof of the narrative lifted off and oneself in thrall." -- Time "Mitchell is, clearly, a genius. He writes as though at the helm of some perpetual dream machine, can evidently do anything, and his ambition is written in magma across this novels every page." -- The New York Times Book Review "Mitchell is one of the most electric writers alive. To open a Mitchell book is to set forth on an adventure." -- The Boston Globe "If David Mitchell isnt the most talented novelist of his generation, is there any doubt that he is the most multi-talented?" -- The Atlantic "We turn to [Mitchell] for brain-tickling puzzle palaces, for character studies and for language." -- Chicago Tribune "One of the most entertaining and thrilling novels Ive read in a long time." --NPR "Magical . . . [ The Bone Clocks ] perfectly illustrates the idea that were all the heroes of our own lives as well as single cogs in a much larger and more beautiful mechanism. [Grade:] A" -- Entertainment Weekly Excerpt from Book 1 Abandon Hope Dean hurries past the phoenix theatre, dodges a blind man in dark glasses, steps onto Charing Cross Road to overtake a slow- Details ISBN0812997433 Author David Mitchell Short Title Utopia Avenue Pages 592 Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 0812997433 ISBN-13 9780812997439 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-07-14 Subtitle A Novel Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2020-07-14 NZ Release Date 2020-07-14 US Release Date 2020-07-14 UK Release Date 2020-07-14 Publisher Random House USA Inc Imprint Random House USA Inc Place of Publication New York Illustrations 3 ILLUSTRATIONS DEWEY 823.914 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137749071;

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