''ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY'' INDEPENDENT
The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller
''Wildly entertaining''
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''A stand-out triumph''
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''Superb''
LITERARY REVIEW

''Impressive''
NEW YORKER

''Highly entertaining''
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

A story of music and dreams, drugs and madness, love and grief, from the acclaimed author of Cloud Atlas
The year is 1967 and word is spreading about a new band on London''s psychedelic scene - an unlikely combination of a female folksinger, a blues bassist, a jazz drummer and an electric guitaristStrangers to each other and from widely different backgrounds, together they create magic. Meet Utopia Avenue.

This is the story of a unique band''s brief, blazing journey from Soho dives to chart success and on to the promised land of America, just when the Summer of Love was giving way to something much darker - a tale of dreams, drugs, sexuality, madness and grief, and of fame''s pitfallsCapturing a time when youthful idealism collided with jaded reality, this bewitching novel celebrates the power of music to connect across divides, define an era and thrill the soul.

PRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL
''A thrilling and gifted writer''
FINANCIAL TIMES

''Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good''
DAILY MAIL

''Mitchell is, clearly, a genius''
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

''An author of extraordinary ambition and skill''
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

''A superb storyteller''
THE NEW YORKER



Format Häftad Omfång 576 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Hodder & Stoughton Utgivningsdatum 2021-05-13 ISBN 9781444799477