Woven throughout, there’s the supernatural element, complete with dialogue that will thrill the RPG crowd, “We are the Anchorites of the Dusk Chapel of the Blind Cathar of the Thomasite Monastery of Sidelhorn Pass.” The Anchorites raison d’être is “to ensure the indefinite survival of the group by inducting its members into the Psychosoterica of the Shaded Way.” Here we’re in territory that could be described as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen meets A Canticle for Leibowitz via Dr. Me!” (In fact, the inimitable Jim Broadbent plays Cavendish in the movie adaptation of Cloud Atlas, while Tom Hanks mugs his way through a number of other roles.)Ĭharacters from Mitchell’s other novels - Black Swan Green, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet and Ghostwritten - pop up in The Bone Clocks as well some as cameos, others as major characters. Timothy has scored a film deal: “Tom Hanks is playing me. This is the same chapter in which the dotty publisher-cum-accidentally successful author from Cloud Atlas, Timothy Cavendish, appears, and Mitchell tucks in another meta-joke. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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