Neverwhere - by Neil Gaiman (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

National Bestseller

From #1 New York Times bestselling author
Neil Gaiman, a novel of bold creativity and narrative genius that brings to
life a world most people could never even dream of―one of ten classic Gaiman
works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry
Sene Yee

Under the streets of London there's a
world most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints,
murderers and angels. This is the city of the people who have fallen between
the cracks. A single act of kindness to a ragged girl he finds injured on the
street catapults young businessman Richard Mayhew out of his workaday life into
a world that is both familiar and threateningly bizarre.

Displaying bold creativity and narrative
genius, Neverwhere is a dark, funny, and seductive tale that has become
a contemporary literary touchstone.

From the Back Cover

National Bestseller

Selected as one of NPR'S Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time

The #1 New York Times bestselling author's ultimate edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his "preferred text"--and including his special Neverwhere tale, "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back"

Published in 1997, Neverwhere heralded the arrival of a major talent and became a touchstone of urban fantasy. Over the years, a number of versions were produced both in the U.S. and the U.K. Now Gaiman's preferred edition of his classic novel reconciles these works and reinstates a number of scenes cut from the original published books.

Richard Mayhew is a young London businessman with a good heart whose life is changed forever when he stops to help a bleeding girl--an act of kindness that plunges him into a world he never dreamed existed. Slipping through the cracks of reality, Richard lands in Neverwhere--a London of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels that exists entirely in a subterranean labyrinth. Neverwhere is home to Door, the mysterious girl Richard helped in the London Above. Here in Neverwhere, Door is a powerful noblewoman who has vowed to find the evil agent of her family's slaughter and thwart the destruction of this strange underworld kingdom. If Richard is ever to return to his former life and home, he must join Lady Door's quest to save her world--and may well die trying.

Neil Gaiman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, and is the recipient of numerous literary honors. Originally from England, he now lives in America.

Review Quotes

"Gaiman . . . displays wit and whimsy as he comes up with a fantastic story that is both the stuff of dreams and nightmares." - San Diego Union-Tribune

"Delightful . . . . Inventively horrific . . . . [It] draws equally from George Lucas, Monty Python, Doctor Who, and John Milton . . . . The chimerical stuff of nightmare and daydream." - USA Today

"Neverwhere displays the kind of wit, mythological invention, and attention to the odd detail that will be familiar to anyone who has read Gaiman's groundbreaking comic series the Sandman." - San Francisco Examiner

"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

"Excellent . . . . [Gaiman creates] an alternate city beneath London that is engaging, detailed, and fun to explore." - Washington Post Book World

"For those who have never been to Neverwhere, it's time to go. For those who may have traveled once before, this new edition is calling out to you. There is more to see, hear and learn." - Suspense Magazine

"More than mere entertainment . . . . [A] strange place where fabulous worlds collide with mundane reality." - Seattle Times