One day Richard Mayhew stops to help a girl he finds bleeding to death on the pavement, and his life forever changes. That night London disappears. A door comes down to seal the city from the world, and two new tribes appear – homicidal airfields and immortal underground gods. Only a handful of people survive, including Richard Mayhew, whose destiny lies in Neverwhere.
A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armor, and pale girls in black velvet. “Neverwhere” is the London of the people who have fallen between the cracks. Strange destinies lie in wait in London below – a world that seems eerily familiar. But an utterly bizarre world, peopled by bizarre characters such as the Angel called Islington, the girl named Door, and the Earl who holds Court on a tube train.
In the tradition of “Alice in Wonderland,” Neil Gaiman’s debut novel delivers a breathtaking mix of humor and horror that turns London into a distorted funhouse, complete with alternate universes and strange beasts. Portobello Bookshop in Notting Hill somehow begins to resemble Hell, with corridors full of doors leading to other worlds. The protagonist, Richard Mayhew, is drawn into this mysterious world after rescuing Door from muggers in the London Underground.
About Neverwhere Book
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, knights in armor, and pale girls in black velvet.
“Neverwhere” is the London of the people who have fallen between the cracks.
Strange destinies lie in wait in London below – a world that seems eerily familiar. But an utterly bizarre world, peopled by mysterious characters such as the Angel called Islington, the girl named Door, and the Earl who holds Court on a tube train.
Now a single act of kindness has catapulted young businessman Richard Mayhew out of his safe and predictable life – and into the realms of “Neverwhere.” Richard is about to find out more than he ever wanted to know about this other London, which is a pity because Richard wants to go home.
