Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Neverwhere
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Neil Gaiman
Class/Genre: Fantasy Dark Fantasy
Avon, Nov 1998, $6.99, 384 pp.
Three years ago, Richard Mayhew left Scotland for London, expecting to take the securities world by storm. Instead, Richard is just become an average bloke, bored with his life. While escorting his girl friend Jessica to a fancy restaurant, Richard finds a girl bleeding from a switchblade wound. Jessica wants Richard to stay out of it, but for once ignores her and takes the girl to the safety of his pad.
Richard may have reconsidered his gallant act if he knew what he just got involved in due to the injured woman. For he now knows that underneath the London streets, deep in the abandoned stations that dot the tubes and in the most obscure sewer tunnels lies an underground culture that insists on anonymity from the surface world. Knowledge could mean death.
NEVERWHERE is a wonderful magic carpet ride into a nightmarish world that will be a fantasy reader's dream. The story line is humorous, crisp, but utterly frightening. The characters on both sides of the street are intriguing, especially those who literally live in the underbelly of the city. Comic book superstar (see the Sandman for an incredible experience), Neil Gaiman has scribed a thriller that is bound to make him a household name among fans of dark fantasies.
Harriet Klausner
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