{"product_id":"slade-house","title":"Slade House","description":"''One of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any, country'' Independent\u003cbr\u003e''Deliciously creepy''\u003cbr\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Irresistible''\u003cbr\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Manically ingenious''\u003cbr\u003eGUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe chilling seventh novel from the critically acclaimed author of Cloud Atlas \u003cbr\u003eTurn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stranger greets you and invites you inside. At first, you won''t want to leave. Later, you''ll find that you can''t.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis unnerving, taut and intricately woven tale by one of our most original and bewitching writers begins in 1979 and comes to 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL\u003cbr\u003e''A thrilling and gifted writer''\u003cbr\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good''\u003cbr\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Mitchell is, clearly, a genius''\u003cbr\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An author of extraordinary ambition and skill''\u003cbr\u003eINDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A superb storyteller''\u003cbr\u003eTHE NEW YORKER","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56917726921039,"sku":"9781473616707","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/slade-house","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}