Utopia Avenue
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David Mitchell
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the internationally bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas.Utopia Avenue may be the most extraordinary British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967 and fronted by folksinger Elf Holloway, guitar demigod Jasper de Zoet and blues bassist Dean Moss, Utopia Avenue released only two LPs during its brief blazing journey from the clubs of Soho and draughty ballrooms to Top of the Pops and the Top 10; to Amsterdam, Rome and a fateful American fortnight in the autumn of 1968. David Mitchell's new novel is the story of Utopia Avenue and its age; of riots in the street and revolutions in the head; of drugs and thugs, schizophrenia, love, sex, grief, art; of the families we choose and the ones we don't; of fame's Faustian pact and stardom's wobbly ladder. Do we change the world or does the world change us? Utopia means 'nowhere' but might it be somewhere, if only we knew how to look?
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Author
David Mitchell
Pages
608
Publisher
Knopf Canada
Published Date
2020-07-14
ISBN
0345809831 9780345809834
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"dude i loved this book but the ending ******* blows"
ana
"such inspiring characters, an exciting psychedelic 60s background and storylines that will stay with me for a long while. "
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"It felt like a more believable Daisy Jones and the Six. I loved it. heartbreaking and lush "
Sara
"It might be best to read The Bone Clocks first. Not that one follows the other, but parts of Utopia will make a lot more sense if you do."
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Martin
"Yes! Each of his books is so different from the last. I really enjoyed Slade House."
Maura Graham
"Another amazing David Mitchell novel!"
Sarah Schultz
