The Bone Clocks
2014 book by David Mitchell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Bone Clocks is a novel by British writer David Mitchell. It was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize 2014,[2] and called one of the best novels of 2014 by Stephen King.[3] The novel won the 2015 World Fantasy Award.
Author | David Mitchell |
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Cover artist | Neal Murren |
Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publisher | Sceptre |
Publication date | 2 September 2014 [1] |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 609 |
ISBN | 0-340-92160-9 |
The novel is divided into six sections with five first-person point-of-view narrators. They are loosely connected by the character of Holly Sykes, a young woman from Gravesend who is gifted with an "invisible eye" and semi-psychic abilities, and a war between two immortal factions, the Anchorites, who derive their immortality from murdering others, and the Horologists, who are naturally able to reincarnate.
The title refers to a derogatory term the immortal characters use for normal humans, who are doomed to mortality because of their aging bodies.