A -- for David Mitchell -- compact haunted house ghost story that is a "fractal offshoot" of The Bone Clocks has arrived in a nifty, diecut hardcover edition.  We're looking forward to spending a dark, windy evening alone with it...

We've been looking forward to David Mitchell's new novel for awhile – and now it's here! 

Here's the official Random House line:

The long-awaited new novel from the bestselling, prize-winning author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks, Utopia Avenue is the strangest British band you’ve never heard of. Emerging from London’s 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 Mitchell’s kaleidoscopic novel tells the unexpurgated story of Utopia Avenue’s turbulent life and times; of fame’s Faustian pact and stardom’s wobbly ladder; of the families we choose and the ones we don’t; 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?

Anyone curious to know more and willing to risk some level of "spoilers" should check out this New Yorker piece.

Or, just dive right in with this short preview.

ON SALE TUESDAY 14 JULY 2020