The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s ultimate
edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his
“preferred text”—and including the 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 this 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, this author’s preferred edition of his
classic novel reconciles these versions and reinstates a
number of scenes cut from the original published
books.
Neverwhere is the story of Richard
Mayhew, a young London businessman with a good heart and an
ordinary life, which is changed forever when he is plunged
through the cracks of reality into a world of shadows and
darkness—the Neverwhere. If he is ever to return to the
London Above, Richard must join the battle to save this
strange underworld kingdom from the malevolence that means
to destroy it.