Robert Collins

How on earth did David Mitchell’s third-rate fantasy make the Man Booker longlist?

A review of The Bone Clocks, by David Mitchell. This restless new novel is full of student satire and undercooked fantasy

David Mitchell Photo: Getty 
issue 06 September 2014

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