Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell is a literary visionary and a master of many different genres and styles. He combines flat-out adventure, Nabokovian lore of puzzles, a keen eye for character, and a taste for mind-bending philosophical and scientific speculation in the tradition of Umberto Eco, Haruki Murakami, and Philip K. Dick. The result is brilliantly original fiction as profound as it is playful. In his newest novel, Cloud Atlas, he explores fundamental questions of reality and identity with daring artistry.