A gorgeous, rich, magnificent imagining of a 1960s pop group, which even nods at Sandoe's in its plethora of walk-on parts (Bowie, Zappa...). Sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll, wit, linguistic jinx... read more
When we drew your attention to Mitchell's new novel earlier this year, we mentioned that a character refers to "the sage John Sandoe's of Chelsea" on p.149. It seems fitting, a matter of Ari... read more
A magnificent, big novel set in 1799 on the Dutch trading island off Nagasaki. Brilliant close observation, and shrewd portrayal of European / Japanese tensions