Pre-order the spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of CLOUD ATLAS and THE BONE CLOCKS, `one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country` (Independent).`The great rock and roll novel - an epic love letter to the greatest music ever made and the book the music has always deserved` Tony ParsonsUtopia Avenue might be the most curious British band you`ve never heard of. Emerging from London`s psychedelic scene in 1967, folksinger Elf Holloway, blues bassist Dean Moss, guitar virtuoso Jasper de Zoet and jazz drummer Griff Griffin together created a unique sound, with lyrics that captured their turbulent times. The band produced only two albums in two years, yet their musical legacy lives on.This is the story of Utopia Avenue`s brief, blazing journey from Soho clubs and draughty ballrooms to the promised land of America, just when the Summer of Love was receding into something much darker - a multi-faceted tale of dreams, drugs, love, sexuality, madness and grief; of stardom`s wobbly ladder and fame`s Faustian pact; and of the collision between youthful idealism and jaded reality as the Sixties drew to a close. Above all, this bewitching novel celebrates the power of music to connect across divides, define an era and thrill the soul.Praise for David Mitchell`s previous work:`Open up his head and a whole magical, ecstatic symphony of inventiveness and ideals will fly out.` The Times`Mitchell`s imagination is boundless and absolutely thorough, and he is also very funny.` Sunday Telegraph`An author of extraordinary ambition and skill.` Independent on Sunday`A storyteller of genius . . . a man who may yet prove to be the greatest writer of his age.` Mail on Sunday`Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good` Daily Mail`Our most accomplished inventor of multitudinous worlds, which are filled with complex, vital people.` Financial Times