What I’m Reading: Next Up Is “Ghostwritten” by David Mitchell

As I observed last week, one of the great things about being on holiday is having the time to catch up on your reading—and as you will know from that post I have a nice stack of books to get through. Next up is David Mitchell’s debut novel, Ghostwritten.

I thought I had better start at the beginning since Mitchell has said he’s writing an uber-novel—and the backcover of Ghostwritten does sound intriguing:

“An apocalyptic cult member carries out a gas attack on a rush-hour metro, but what links...