Neverwhere
A Novel
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Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinarylife, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of them. And he must learn to survive in this city of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels, if he is ever to return to the London that he knew.
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Critical Praise for
Neverwhere
“I didn’t ever want this book to end...Hunter, Islington, Door -- these characters are part of my life now. I see them when I turn corners . . . . I’m over the moon about this book.”
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Tori Amos
“Gaiman . . . displays wit and whimsy as he comes up with a fantastic story that is both the stuff of dreams and nightmares.”
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San Diego Union-Tribune
“Readers will find themselves as unable to escape this tale as the characters themselves. Highly recommended.”
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Library Journal
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Stories
"The joy of fiction is the joy of the imagination. . . ." The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more—to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al...
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Instructions
Trust Dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. A renowned storyteller whose words have transported readers to magical realms and an acclaimed illustrator of lushly imagined fairy-tale landscapes guide a traveler safely through lands unknown and yet strangely familiar . . . . . . and home...
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