{"product_id":"neverwhere-illustrated-edition-9780062821331","title":"Neverwhere Illustrated Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected as one of NPR'S Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author's dark classic of modern fantasy, beautifully illustrated for the first time by award-winning artist Chris Riddell, and featuring the author's preferred text and his \u003cem\u003eNeverwhere\u003c\/em\u003e tale, \"How the Marquis Got His Coat Back.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1997, Neil Gaiman's first novel, \u003cem\u003eNeverwhere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e heralded the arrival of a major talent. Over the years, various versions have been produced around the world. In 2016, this gorgeously illustrated edition of the novel was released in the UK. It is now available here, and features strikingly atmospheric, painstakingly detailed black-and-white line art by Chris Riddell, one of Gaiman's favorite artistic interpreters of his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaiman, Neil:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of books for children and adults whose award-winning titles include \u003cem\u003eNorse Mythology, American Gods, The Graveyard Book, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGood Omens\u003c\/em\u003e (with Terry Pratchett), \u003cem\u003eCoraline\u003c\/em\u003e, and The Sandman graphic novels. Neil Gaiman is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598262440210,"sku":"9780062821331","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7204c6ca-60e2-413a-b63f-3da44a000a22.jpg?v=1732182904","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/neverwhere-illustrated-edition-9780062821331","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}