The story follows Holly Sykes over a period of years. Perhaps the judges felt that too many of the other candidates strayed from the realist agenda. This is a pity because Mitchell does it very well indeed and, in doing so, produces a thoroughly original work, Surprisingly, though it made the Man Booker prize 2014 longlist, it did not make the shortlist. This is what he does here but some critics have not taken too kindly to it, finding it somewhat confusing, as they are eager for straightforward British realism – what you see is what you get. Mitchell’s stock in trade has often (though not always) been mixing realism and fantasy, often so you do not know where one begins and the other ends. Home » England » David Mitchell » The Bone Clocks David Mitchell: The Bone Clocks
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