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Tous les neuf ans, les propriétaires de Slade House, un frére et une soeur, proposent á une nouvelle personne, quelqu'un de différent ou de solitaire, d'occuper les lieux avec eux. Au début, les nouveaux locataires s'y sentent bien mais, peu apres, ils ne peuvent plus en partir et decouvrent la realite terrifiante qu'abrite cette maison hantee.

L'histoire d'un groupe de rock dans les années 1960 á Londres.

"A stand-out triumph' - The Sunday TimesThe Number One bestselling novel by the author of CLOUD ATLAS, 'one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country' (Independent). Utopia Avenue might be the most curious British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967, folksinger Elf Holloway, blues bassist Dean Moss, guitar virtuoso Jasper de Zoet and jazz drummer Griff Griffin together created a unique sound, with lyrics that captured their turbulent times.The band produced only two albums in two years, yet their musical legacy lives on. This is the story of Utopia Avenue's brief, blazing journey from Soho clubs and draughty ballrooms to the promised land of America, just when the Summer of Love was receding into something much darker - a multi-faceted tale of dreams, drugs, love, sexuality, madness and grief; of stardom's wobbly ladder and fame's Faustian pact; and of the collision between youthful idealism and jaded reality as the Sixties drew to a close. Above all, this bewitching novel celebrates the power of music to connect across divides, define an era and thrill the soul.'The great rock and roll novel - an epic love letter to the greatest music ever made and the book the music has always deserved' Tony Parsons"

Il viaggio di Holly Sykes comincia a Gravesend nel 1984, in pieno thatcherismo, quando lei ha quindici anni, strane visioni notturne, una madre insopportabile e un ragazzo che pochissimi definirebbero bravo. E finisce, piu o meno, sessant'anni dopo, quando Holly si trova sulla costa atlantica dell'Irlanda, insieme alla nipotina, sull'orlo della catastrofe climatica, ancora una volta messa di fronte a un decisione epocale contro forze ultraterrene. Nel frattempo, la vita di Holly si dipana tra i luoghi piu diversi e i personaggi piu inaspettati, attraversando un conflitto invisibile nel quale potrebbe essere l'arma decisiva. Nell'arco di sei decenni e fino all'ultimo respiro Holly dovra trovare la forza di sopravvivere e salvare chi ama, muovendosi sempre in quel precario, misterioso, fuggevole e struggente equilibrio tra volonta e caos, tra devozione e disperazione, tra amore e distruzione, che e la vita umana.

The dazzling novel from critically-acclaimed David Mitchell. Shortlisted for the 2006 Costa Novel Award Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2006 January, 1982. Thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor - covert stammerer and reluctant poet - anticipates a stultifying year in his backwater English village. But he hasn't reckoned with bullies, simmering family discord, the Falklands War, a threatened gypsy invasion and those mysterious entities known as girls. Charting thirteen months in the black hole between childhood and adolescence, this is a captivating novel, wry, painful and vibrant with the stuff of life.

A stand-out triumph' - Sunday TimesThe spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of CLOUD ATLAS and THE BONE CLOCKS, 'one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country' (Independent).Utopia Avenue might be the most curious British band you've never heard of.Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967, folksinger Elf Holloway, blues bassist Dean Moss, guitar virtuoso Jasper de Zoet and jazz drummer Griff Griffin together created a unique sound, with lyrics that captured their turbulent times. The band produced only two albums in two years, yet their musical legacy lives on.

The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of CLOUD ATLAS and THE BONE CLOCKS, 'one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country' (Independent).Utopia Avenue might be the most curious British band you've never heard of.Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967, folksinger Elf Holloway, blues bassist Dean Moss, guitar virtuoso Jasper de Zoet and jazz drummer Griff Griffin together created a unique sound, with lyrics that captured their turbulent lives and times. The band produced only two albums in two years, yet their musical legacy lives on.This is the story of the band's brief, blazing journey from Soho clubs and draughty ballrooms to the promised land of America, just when the Summer of Love was receding into something much darker - a multi-faceted tale of dreams, drugs, love, sexuality, madness and grief; of stardom's wobbly ladder and fame's Faustian pact; and of the collision between youthful idealism and jaded reality as the Sixties drew to a close.

Born out of the short story David Mitchell published on Twitter in 2014 and inhabiting the same universe as his latest bestselling novel The Bone Clocks, this is the perfect book to curl up with on a dark and stormy night.Turn down Slade Alley - narrow, dank and easy to miss, even when you''re looking for it. Find the small black iron door set into the right-hand wall. No handle, no keyhole, but at your touch it swings open. Enter the sunlit garden of an old house that doesn''t quite make sense; too grand for the shabby neighbourhood, too large for the space it occupies.A stranger greets you by name and invites you inside. At first, you won''t want to leave. Later, you''ll find that you can''t.This unnerving, taut and intricately woven tale by one of our most original and bewitching writers begins in 1979 and reaches its turbulent conclusion around Hallowe''en, 2015. Because every nine years, on the last Saturday of October, a ''guest'' is summoned to Slade House. But why has that person been chosen, by whom and for what purpose? The answers lie waiting in the long attic, at the top of the stairs...

Ein junger hollandischer Kaufmann kommt 1799 nach Dejima, dem einzigen europaischen Handelsposten im hermetisch abgeriegelten Japan. Auf der von Geschaftemachern und zwielichtigen Gestalten bevolkerten kunstlichen Insel hofft er, sein Gluck zu machen. Durch die Liebe zu einer Japanerin eroffnet sich Jacob de Zoet unversehens eine geheimnisvolle Welt und zeigt ihre Schonheiten. Doch das fremde Land halt auch Schrecken bereit, Verrat, Intrige und Mord ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING BOOK BY ONE OF BRITAIN S BEST LOVED COMIC WRITERS Pre order now David Mitchell s new book Dishonesty is the Second best Policy There are many aspects of modern life that trouble award winning comedian David Mitchell such as Why is every film or TV programme a sequel or a remake Why are people so f ing hung up about swearing Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it ok Why do so many people want to stop other people doing things and how can they be stopped from stopping them Join Mitchell on a tour of the absurdities of our times from Ryanair to Richard III Downton Abbey to phone etiquette UKIP to hotdogs made of cats Funny provocative and shot through with refreshing amounts of common sense Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse celebrates and commiserates on the state of things in our not entirely glorious modern world Mitchell is an exceptionally clever eloquent and spot on commentator We should be grateful for him Daily Mail Books of the Year

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