David Mitchell’s second novel,

(2001) was lauded by critics and shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Man Booker Prize. In the wake of the commercial and critical success of

and

, Mitchell was selected in 2003 as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. In 2013 Mark Gill released an adaptation of

– a fictional film imagined in the first chapter of

, entitled “The Voorman Problem”. The film, starring Martin Freeman and Tom Hollander, was nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Live Action Short Film” and a BAFTA Award.

David Mitchell’s authorial style defies facile classification, as each of his novels combines multiple genres, settings and narrative voices. His works, including

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