The stunningly original and brilliant first novel from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman. 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, and pale girls in black velvet. Richard Mayhew is a young businessman who is about to find out more than he bargained for about this other London. A single act of kindness catapults him out of his safe and predictable life and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and yet utterly bizarre. There's a girl named Door, an Angel called Islington, an Earl who holds Court on the carriage of a Tube train, a Beast in a labyrinth, and dangers and delights beyond imagining...And Richard, who only wants to go home, is to find a strange destiny waiting for him below the streets of his native city. Includes extra material exclusive to this Headline Review edition.
| ISBN | 0755322800 | | Pages | 400 | | ISBN13 | 9780755322800
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 280 | | Publisher | Headline Publishing Group | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Headline Review | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 153 | | Publication date | 19 Sep 2005 | | Spine width (mm) | 26 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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'A very fine and imaginative writer' -- The Times 'Gaiman has a rich imagination...and an ability to tackle large themes' -- Philip Pullman
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