When Blade Runner meets Jack Kerouac — David Mitchell lets his imagination run riot in number9dream, but can he control the results? review by Robert MacFarlane for The Observer Daydreaming in Tokyo — David Mitchell's surrealistic coming-of-age novel was a finalist for the Booker Prize review by Andrew Roe for the San Francisco Chronicle In which the Crocodile Snout-Butts the Glass review by James Francken for The London Review of Books Wandering Along the Border Between Reality and Fantasy review by Michiko Kakutani for The New York Times Zombie Spawn Descend to Earth review by Daniel Zalewski for The New York Times Review by The New Yorker Review by Kirkus Reviews Hackwriters review Critical essays "A row of screaming Russian dolls": Escaping the Panopticon in David Mitchell's number9dream by Rose Harris-Birtill. SubStance 44.136 (2015): 55–70. 2001 British novels British novels adapted into films Novels by David Mitchell Novels set in Tokyo Sceptre (imprint) books Novels set in Japan Postmodern novels Japan in non-Japanese culture British bildungsromans