David Mitchell

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bearcrumble · 22/06/2010 08:36

I've just started reading The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet - anyone else reading it at the moment?

I loved all his books, though maybe Black Swan Green was a bit less memorable than the others.

Cloud Atlas is one of my all time favourite books.

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SkaterGrrrrl · 23/06/2010 15:04

Dying to read the new one but waiting for it to come out in paperback.

Love all his books, Black Swan Green s my favourite.

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bearcrumble · 22/06/2010 20:45

I'm really enjoying it - although I need to stay focussed on who is who. I am terrible for remembering names of characters in books and when they are unfamiliar names it's twice as hard.

I've just got to the bit where the monkey runs off with the leg but they swap it for some tobacco.

He's a great writer, very good at period detail, creating characters and their own distinctive way of speaking.

Which other current writers do you like?

I think Tibor Fischer is good and if you like David Mitchell you would like him - though I've not read anything by him for a good while.

I just finished reading Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell before I started this one - it was impressive but the end wasn't as dramatic as I had been expecting.

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BeckyBendyLegs · 22/06/2010 18:17

I read this a few weeks ago. It took me a while to get into it but once I did I loved it. He writes such brilliant, clever books. What do you think so far?

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