Book Log 2016 #10: Slade House by David Mitchell

This prequel to The Bone Clocks provides some background to the events of that novel, and provides a kind of origin story for the Anchorites, the cult that seeks immortality through the ingestion of souls. The history of the house and its inhabitants is told through a series of what are more like interconnected short stories rather than chapters, culminating in a clash with the Horologists that puts the very existence of Slade House in jeopardy.

I didn't like this as much as The Bone Clocks, though I did find it helpful in putting that book into better context within Mitchell's universe (it also provided some plot points that helped make connections with Cloud Atlas and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet). Worth reading if you're already into Mitchell's works and want to get the full measure of their shared environment.