Slade House - David Mitchell

nThe 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 n Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door. n n 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. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. At first, you won't want to leave. Later, you'll find that you can't. 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. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it's already too late.... n n 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. n n Praise for Slade House n nA fiendish delight... Mitchell is something of a magician.--The Washington Post n nEntertainingly eerie... We turn to Mitchell] for brain-tickling puzzle palaces, for character studies and for language.--Chicago Tribune n n A ripping yarn... Like Shirley Jackson's Hill House or the Overlook Hotel from Stephen King's The Shining, Slade House] is a thin sliver of hell designed to entrap the unwary.... As the Mitchellverse grows ever more expansive and connected, this short but powerful novel hints at still more marvels to come.--San Francisco Chronicle n nLike Stephen King in a fever... manically ingenious.--The Guardian (U.K.) n n A haunted house story that savors of Dickens, Stephen King, J. K. Rowling and H. P. Lovecraft, but possesses more psychic voltage than any of them.--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette n n Tightly crafted and suspenseful yet warmly human... the ultimate spooky nursery tale for adults.--The Huffington Postn