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Number9Dream

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A book by David Mitchell

David Mitchell's second novel,Number9Dream, tells the story of Eiji Miyake, a young man negotiating a hypermodern and dangerous Tokyo to meet for the first time his secretive and powerful father. Naïve and fresh from the Japanese countryside, … see full wiki

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Author: David Mitchell

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

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review by patienceltd. February 26, 2010

How many stories can you fold into one story?

Every now and then, you run across a book which should come with a roadmap. I can't give an exact count, but there are at least thirty different vignettes, plot-ettes, allegories, fairy tales, biographies... These dozens of stories are threaded through the first-person story of 20-year old Eiji Miyake - his real-time life, fantasies, deliriums, aspirations and dreams. I'm a little bit in love with David Mitchell simply because his novels manage this wild patchwork … more

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Quick Tip by patienceltd. February 26, 2010

A Quick Tip by patienceltd

Chipotle-flavored Tabasco sauce makes everything better. I'd use it even if it caused sudden-acceleration car accidents and fascism.

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