Neverwhere: Author's Preferred Text

Neverwhere: Author's Preferred Text

<p>National Bestseller</p><p>Selected as one of NPR€S Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time</p><p>The #1 New York Times bestselling author€s ultimate edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his €œpreferred text€€"and including his special <em>Neverwhere</em> tale, €œHow the Marquis Got His Coat Back€ </p><p>Published in 1997, <em>Neverwhere</em> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Neil Gaiman is the #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of more than twenty books, and is the recipient of numerous literary honors. Originally from England, he now lives in America.</p>