Review

Escape to the Swinging Sixties

Nostalgic tale of struggling band celebrates the era with cameos from music legends

Utopia Avenue is the eighth novel by British author David Mitchell (above), a two-time Booker Prize-shortlisted writer best known for Cloud Atlas (2004). PHOTO: PAUL STUART
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UTOPIA AVENUE

By David Mitchell/Sceptre/Paperback/ 563 pages/ $29.71/ Available at bit.ly/UtopiaAve_DM/4 stars

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 28, 2020, with the headline Escape to the Swinging Sixties. Subscribe