The Bone Clocks: A Novel

"We public radio people are generally spoiled by free books. After years of living off the “giveaway pile” at the office, it takes a lot for me to buy a book. But I bought David Mitchell’s latest. In hardcover. And it was totally worth it. The novel, which blends realism and fantasy, traces the life of a woman who gets caught up in a war between two groups of ancient, near-immortals. I read it flying from D.C. to London, and it carried me much further than that — across centuries, continents and genres. I’m not enough of a Mitchell fan to attend his conferences or read critical essays about him; I am enough of a fan to read nearly everything he’s written. And The Bone Clocks ranks among his best."