Cover of Neverwhere

Neverwhere

by Neil Gaiman

1996 · literary fiction · adult

Set in 5 places · 3 primary
Sense of Place
4/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

"Richard Mayhew is an ordinary young man with an ordinary life and a good heart. His world is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. This small kindness propels him into a dark world he never dreamed existed. He must learn to survive in London Below, in a world of perpetual shadows and darkness, filled with monsters and saints, murderers and angels. He must survive if he is ever to return to the London that he knew."

Awards
  • NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Bookswinner
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literaturenominated

Set in

  • London · United Kingdom
    ★ primary
  • Knightsbridge · United Kingdom
    London Below realm of pure darkness, reimagined from the Tube station name
    ★ primary
  • Angel, Islington · United Kingdom
    Home of the fallen angel Islington, a major antagonist
    ★ primary
  • Earl's Court · United Kingdom
    An Earl literally holds court aboard a train at this station
  • Blackfriars · United Kingdom
    Site of a life-threatening ordeal with the Black Friars

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