![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He found out late that his brother was just in the kitchen window watching him run around the house.ĭressed in striped t-shirt and black jacket, Mitchell is a boyish 46, full of energy and nerdy enthusiasm. Mitchell had nightmares of being pursued, in which the uneven acceleration of pursuer was the frightening thing. The boys would stand on opposite diagonal corners of their home and start running at the same time – the object was to catch each other. He tells story of how his brother invented a game in 1975 – ‘Round and Round the House’, which he uses in Slade House. “This is very Hogwarts,” observes Mitchell, taking in the wood-panelling and portraits of his surroundings. ![]() In a packed Union Chamber, he is talking to Tom Gatti (Culture Editor, New Statesman) about his new book, Slade House, as part of the Cambridge Literary Festival. “A third of the people here have mistaken me for the other David Mitchell,” jokes the world-renowned author of ground-breaking novels such as Cloud Atlas, number9dream and The Bone Clocks. Cambridge Union Chamber, 29 th November, 2015 ![]()
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