Cloud Atlas

A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a young Pacific islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilization - the narrators of this novel hear each other's echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changed in ways great and small. "The most exciting British novel of the year" Telegraph "Nothing short of a miracle" The Times "Incendiary" Observer "One of the most shamelessly exciting books imaginable" Philip Hensher, Spectator "Astonishing ... an overwhelming literary creation" Lawrence Norfolk, Independent "Close to the miraculous ... No other British novelist, to my mind, combines such a darkly futuristic intelligence with such polyphonic ease." Robert McFarlane, The Sunday Times "He takes risks no other author would dare to, and almost always pulls it off ... For the third time in a row, Mitchell has excelled himself." Matt Thorne, Independent on Sunday "Quite startling" Telegraph