![]() For instance, in Utopia Avenue, the guitarist is known as Jasper de Zoet, and it turns out that he is a descendant of Jacob de Zoet from the earlier, aforementioned novel. David Mitchell takes after Stephen King in that his works all link together and reference each other. The book details the group’s mercurial rise to fame from the clubs of Soho to sold-out venues in the United States.Īs with all Mitchell novels, this book exists in what is known as the Mitchellverse. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book is about a fictional rock ’n’ roll band of the same name that “existed” during the late ’60s and was formed in London, England. Well, I’ve finally gotten around to reading a book of Mitchell’s: the startling comprehensible Utopia Avenue. I also had a copy of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (2010), but I think I sold it to a used book store unread, convinced that it would be too difficult of a read. I tried to read his breakthrough success, Cloud Atlas, not long after it was released in March 2004 to great acclaim, but only could get through the first chapter - it might have been a bit over my head when I tried to read it. ![]() However, it’s only recently that I’ve gotten around to reading a full novel of his. I’ve always been curious about the writings of David Mitchell, or at least have been for almost 20 years now. ![]()
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