![]() ![]() Occasionally, though, it can feel rather like the type shown by Mrs Doyle in Father Ted, with Mitchell refusing to take no for an answer as he forces more and more would-be treats on his already sated readers. Not only that but, as he’s said, ‘each of my books is one chapter in a sort of sprawling macro-novel’, with many of the same characters and events being either updated or given fuller backstories.Īt its best, this generosity has resulted in some of the most lavishly satisfying fiction of recent times. Ever since Ghostwritten in 1999, he’s specialized in big novels bursting with storytelling in all kinds of genres - most famously Cloud Atlas, where six very different novellas were immaculately intertwined. ![]() There aren’t many authors as generous to their readers as David Mitchell. ![]()
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