Like Shirley Jackson's Hill House or the Overlook Hotel from Stephen King's The Shining, is a thin sliver of hell designed to entrap the unwary. The last thing we expected from Mitchell is simplicity, but here it is, burnished to a hellish bronze.' - Chicago Tribune 'A ripping yarn. Slade House boils down to Mitchell's take on the classic ghost story, complete with his version of a haunted house. Praise for Slade House 'Devilishly fun.' - The Washington Post 'Entertainingly eerie. Spanning five decades, from the last days of the 1970s to the present, leaping genres, and barreling toward an astonishing conclusion, this intricately woven novel will pull you into a reality-warping new vision of the haunted house story-as only David Mitchell could imagine it. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it's already too late.

Every nine years, the house's residents-an odd brother and sister-extend a unique invitation to someone who's different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a recently divorced policeman, a shy college student. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you'll find the entrance to Slade House. The New York Times bestseller by the author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas Named One of the Best Books of the Year by San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, National Post, BookPage, and Kirkus Reviews Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door.

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