Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains; the Sandman series of graphic novels; and the story collections Smoke and Mirrors, Fragile Things, and Trigger Warning. He is the winner of numerous literary honors, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, and the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States. He is Professor in the Arts at Bard College.
For those who have not read Neverwhere, the new edition is the one
to read ... readers can experience this spellbinding, magical world
the way that Neil Gaiman wanted us to all along. --Huffington
Post"
"A DARK CONTEMPORARY 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND'... IMAGINATIVE,
WELL-CRAFTED [AND] HIGHLY VISUAL".Minneapolis Star Tribune
In his first full-length novel, Gaiman, the comic-book mastermind, brings his talents to the black-and-white world of books, eschewing the darkly elegant illustrations that are a trademark of his comics. However, this journey to yet another fantastical realm is full of haunting images just the same. The story revolves around Richard Mayhew, a bumbling young businessman, who is about to discover a new side of London after helping a wounded girl named Door. He is trapped in an alternate dimension, known as London Below, or the Underground. Once he steps into it, he finds that his normal life no longer exists. The only chance of getting his old life back is to accompany Door on a dangerous mission across the Underground. Like adults stumbling through the pages of a bizarre children's story, Gaiman's likable protagonists fight off the sinister villains of this nebulous underworld. Shards of the concrete world continually pierce the surreal surroundings, as Gaiman weaves a link between the two dimensions of London. Gaiman's gift for mixing the absurd with the frightful give this novel the feeling of a bedtime story with adult sophistication. Readers will find themselves as unable to escape this tale as the characters themselves. Highly recommended.‘Erin Cassin, formerly with "Library Journal"
For those who have not read Neverwhere, the new edition is
the one to read ... readers can experience this spellbinding,
magical world the way that Neil Gaiman wanted us to all along.
--Huffington Post"
"A DARK CONTEMPORARY 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND'... IMAGINATIVE,
WELL-CRAFTED [AND] HIGHLY VISUAL".
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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