David Mitchell Utopia Avenue : The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller Paperback Book

ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY INDEPENDENTThe Number One Sunday Times BestsellerWildly entertainingSPECTATORA standout triumphSUNDAY TIMESSuperbLITERARY REVIEWImpressiveNEW YORKERHighly entertainingTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTA story of music and dreams, drugs and madness, love and grief, from the acclaimed author of Cloud AtlasThe year is 1967 and word is spreading about a new band on Londons psychedelic scene an unlikely combination of a female folksinger, a blues bassist, a jazz drummer and an electric guitarist. Strangers to each other and from widely different backgrounds, together they create magic. Meet Utopia Avenue. This is the story of a unique bands 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 fames pitfalls. Capturing 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 MITCHELLA thrilling and gifted writerFINANCIAL TIMESDizzyingly, dazzlingly goodDAILY MAILMitchell is, clearly, a geniusNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAn author of extraordinary ambition and skillINDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYA superb storytellerTHE NEW YORKER | David Mitchell Utopia Avenue : The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller Paperback Book