Neverwhere
By Neil Gaiman
- Release Date: 2009-03-17
- Genre: Fantasy
Description
“Neil Gaiman is undoubtedly one of the modern masters of fantasy writing....For those who have not read Neverwhere, the new edition is the one to read, and is a fitting introduction to Gaiman’s adult fiction....American readers can experience this spellbinding, magical world the way that Neil Gaiman wanted us to all along.” —Huffington Post
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, Neil Gaiman’s darkly hypnotic first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the arrival of a major talent and became a touchstone of urban fantasy.
It is the story of Richard Mayhew, a young London businessman with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he discovers a girl bleeding on the sidewalk. He stops to help her—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.
Reviews
Read it in the 90’s
4By TvWayneas a teen, now again. Still great. Was in a room with Neil Gaiman once..brag lolEerie and interesting!
5By lottsaluckLoved it all, and in the audio version (Audible) Neil Gaiman narrates!I wish it were longer!
5By HawkReader2565Would love to read more stories within this world.Compelling Read
4By ionlolaA page turner and challenged my imagination. Really wish the ending wasn’t as abrupt as it was.Great book
5By SpguessToo short. Quickest I’ve ever read a book before.Neverwhere
5By FiresnuffGood story, I liked itGreat book
5By LMcdonnyFirst Gaiman book I read and it made me want to read all of his works and I’ve loved all the ones I picked up.3.5 stars, but not 4 or higher
3By Joerum62Neverwhere is an intriguing fantasy of a parallel world, London Below, beneath the real place that is dank, dirty and dangerous, filled with an amalgamation of odd characters and bizarre settings. Richard Mayhew, a young London businessman, inadvertently intersects with this world and thus falls out of London Above. The book follows his quest like journey to help the woman who got him here, Door, so he can return to his world. The book is engaging with fantastic illustrations. Yet, the two main characters were too wooden for me to really care what happened to them. And much of the story is a pastiche of overused tropes. Definitely an enjoyable read, just not as well done as some of Gaiman’s other work.Xxd
5By sbgklnDdkWonderful Story
5By Gravity StormLoved this book. A nice mix of fantasy and modern day told by a masterful story teller.
