Slade House (SIGNED COPY)
by Mitchell, David
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- ISBN 10
- 0812998685
- ISBN 13
- 9780812998689
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2015. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 238 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. A very clean, signed copy with only minor wear to cover edges. A tight copy. Front cover has diecut with "signed first edition" sticker on front. Record # 4450242
Reviews
On Dec 13 2015, a reader said:
Slade House is the seventh novel by British author, David Mitchell. Slade House is a haunted house with a difference. It is not easily found, nor can just anyone get in. But once every nine years, at the end of Otober, a guest enters from Slade Alley through a mysteriously transient black iron door, and a good time is had by all, for a while, at least. And then….
Mitchell divides his tale into five chapters. Each is set nine years apart, and events are narrated by the guest (except for the last chapter). These events follow a pattern, and there are many common elements, but the differences are significant and important. And while it is quite apparent what will happen by the second chapter, the finer details and nuances are expanded in each chapter.
This novel has an interesting and clever plot with a few twists. The characters are believable and their dialogue natural. Mitchell establishes the era easily with seamless references to politics, popular music and film, literature and current affairs. The genre is described as horror, although it is not of the blood-thirsty variety. It can easily be read as a stand-alone, but does have characters and features in common with other Mitchell novels, in particular The Bone Clocks, so fans of Mitchell’s work will enjoy placing these in their original context. Shorter than his usual, this is, nonetheless, another excellent offering from this talented author.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4450242
- Title
- Slade House (SIGNED COPY)
- Author
- Mitchell, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0812998685
- ISBN 13
- 9780812998689
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- Fiction Novels, Novels, , SIGNED.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction Novels;
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