--- product_id: 314174183 title: "Neverwhere: A Novel" price: "4020 som" currency: KGS in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.kg/products/314174183-neverwhere-a-novel store_origin: KG region: Kyrgyzstan --- # Neverwhere: A Novel **Price:** 4020 som **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Neverwhere: A Novel - **How much does it cost?** 4020 som with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.kg](https://www.desertcart.kg/products/314174183-neverwhere-a-novel) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description National Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a novel of bold creativity and narrative genius that brings to life a world most people could never even dream of―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee 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. This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks. A single act of kindness to a ragged girl he finds injured on the street catapults young businessman Richard Mayhew out of his workaday life into a world that is both familiar and threateningly bizarre. Displaying bold creativity and narrative genius, Neverwhere is a dark, funny, and seductive tale that has become a contemporary literary touchstone. Review: Quirky and deep, the illustrations are perfection - Gaiman has always been hit or miss for me. Some of his books I love, some I don’t care for, so I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about Neverwhere, outside of the fact that there’s something deeply satisfying about holding the illustrated version—something about thick little hardcovers is just the best feeling. Anyway, Neverwhere is a not subtle in its message: the homeless are invisible to those who want to pretend the “problem” doesn’t exist—but make it magic that has a very Tim Burton feel, because this is Gaiman, after all. When Richard sees one of those who have fallen through the cracks—a citizen of London Below—and proceeds to help her, it sets off a chain of events that plunges him into London Below and makes him just as invisible to London Above, and his old life, as the rest of the characters in this novel. In which there a lot, all of which are unique and magical and so beautifully distinct from each other. I even loved Mr Vandemar and Mr Croup who are unequivocally terrible people, but they are written in such a creative way that I couldn’t help but love them just as much as Richard and our heroine Door, with her opal-colored eyes. I loved the prose of Neverwhere, it read almost like it was meant for children when it’s so clearly not. There’s this whimsy to it, alongside Gaiman’s love of a metaphor and simile, which made the whole style just as magical as London Below. Speaking of, I loved the characters that populated this secret place. Gaiman was able to weave in a complex mystery and twists and turns into something that should have been an otherwise very straight forward plot: find out why/who is after Door and killed her family, and get Richard back to London Above. Gaimain, in this particular book anyway, is able to make you love and care for a character so, so deeply and then cut you to the core by taking them away all in one chapter. He’s also able to play with your mind about what is truly reality for Richard, and who should our main characters trust in a way that really added to the twists at the end. It was masterfully done! I will say that I read A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab before reading Neverwhere, and after reading Gaiman’s book, it’s really easy to see where Schwab got a lot of inspiration for that series: everything from the different types of Londons that only one person really seems to be able to move between, and even a certain magical coat. I’m not mad about this at all! It’s clear that Schwab idolizes Gaiman, and her writing is an homage to that without being a rip off. Its just something to keep in mind if you read this and things start sounding… familiar. All in all, this was a perfectly satisfying read—from just holding the book, to the perfect illustrations, the magical whimsy of the writing, and the cast of incredible characters that inhabit London Below. The story is dark, but with moments of tenderness and humor so I never felt bogged down to the point where I could no longer appreciate the imagery. Gaiman’s fantasy is always a reflection of reality with fantastic elements, so the ugly parts of our world are still present, but made magic so when you read you don’t necessarily feel preached to. But I can definitely understand why this style may not be for everyone—Gaiman doesn’t describe anything in a straightforward manner, instead almost tricking the reader into visualizing these delightful things. Which I loved, personally! This book was quirky and deep, fantastic and the kind of realistic urban fantasy I didn’t know I was missing until now, which is why this gets an easy 5 stars from me! Review: 4 stars for Neverwhere! - So the blurb says "Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk." Now, if you're expecting a knight in shining armor with a quest to save the damsel in distress, you can just drop this book. Because Richard Mayhew is the one who needs saving. Richard leaned against a wall, and listened to their footsteps, echoing away, and to the rush of the water running past on its way to the pumping station of East London, and the sewage works. "Shit," he said. And then, to his surprise, for the first time since his father died, alone in the dark, Richard Mayhew began to cry. Characters Wow, I'm so used to perfect, alpha males as MCs that I was totally taken aback to have met Richard Mayhew. He's the sweet, "safe" boyfriend who would make a dull, henpecked husband in the future. He's a bit of a muddlehead - the kind who messes up his appointments and locks himself out. Richard Mayhew is, for lack of a better word, a total pussy. "Richard began to understand darkness: darkness as something solid and real, so much more than a simple absence of light. He felt it touch his skin, questing, moving, exploring: gliding through his mind. It slipped into his lungs, behind his eyes, into his mouth . . ." Then we have the other characters. Lady Door, the bleeding girl, has the ability to open doors. Now, don't let my ineloquence fool you - it's an extraordinary gift. However, she's a total *yawn*. Her companions; marquis de Carabas and Hunter are much stronger and notable characters. And the antagonists were really dark, violent, magnificently thought-out characters. It was like as if Neil Gaiman had spent more time developing the secondary characters than the MCs. Storyline and Writing I have never heard of Neil Gaiman before this. But one fine day, the local bookstore had dedicated a whole section just for his books. And that got me intrigued. Further probing around GR got me to believe that Neil Gaiman is a magnificent storyteller. It was evident, from beginning to end, that he is excellent at creating this parallel universe. "So the day became one of waiting, which was, he knew, a sin: moments were to be experienced; waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come and the moments one was currently disregarding." How do I categorise Neverwhere? I grew up reading Roald Dahl's children's books and watching the movie adaptation. Do you remember the movie "The Witches"? It scared the hell out of me. I could vaguely remember the part where the little boy was forced to drink this potion that turned him into a mouse. I couldn't help thinking about that movie while reading Neverwhere. It gave me the same chills as The Witches. Neverwhere reminds me of Roald Dahl's, ironically, children's fiction: dark and violent. Conclusion: Don't let the MCs deter you from attempting this well-written piece by Neil Gaiman! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #60,181 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #146 in Contemporary Fantasy (Books) #955 in Action & Adventure Fantasy (Books) #1,524 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 32,946 Reviews | ## Images ![Neverwhere: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81gfXK+srFL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quirky and deep, the illustrations are perfection *by C***Y on July 13, 2021* Gaiman has always been hit or miss for me. Some of his books I love, some I don’t care for, so I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about Neverwhere, outside of the fact that there’s something deeply satisfying about holding the illustrated version—something about thick little hardcovers is just the best feeling. Anyway, Neverwhere is a not subtle in its message: the homeless are invisible to those who want to pretend the “problem” doesn’t exist—but make it magic that has a very Tim Burton feel, because this is Gaiman, after all. When Richard sees one of those who have fallen through the cracks—a citizen of London Below—and proceeds to help her, it sets off a chain of events that plunges him into London Below and makes him just as invisible to London Above, and his old life, as the rest of the characters in this novel. In which there a lot, all of which are unique and magical and so beautifully distinct from each other. I even loved Mr Vandemar and Mr Croup who are unequivocally terrible people, but they are written in such a creative way that I couldn’t help but love them just as much as Richard and our heroine Door, with her opal-colored eyes. I loved the prose of Neverwhere, it read almost like it was meant for children when it’s so clearly not. There’s this whimsy to it, alongside Gaiman’s love of a metaphor and simile, which made the whole style just as magical as London Below. Speaking of, I loved the characters that populated this secret place. Gaiman was able to weave in a complex mystery and twists and turns into something that should have been an otherwise very straight forward plot: find out why/who is after Door and killed her family, and get Richard back to London Above. Gaimain, in this particular book anyway, is able to make you love and care for a character so, so deeply and then cut you to the core by taking them away all in one chapter. He’s also able to play with your mind about what is truly reality for Richard, and who should our main characters trust in a way that really added to the twists at the end. It was masterfully done! I will say that I read A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab before reading Neverwhere, and after reading Gaiman’s book, it’s really easy to see where Schwab got a lot of inspiration for that series: everything from the different types of Londons that only one person really seems to be able to move between, and even a certain magical coat. I’m not mad about this at all! It’s clear that Schwab idolizes Gaiman, and her writing is an homage to that without being a rip off. Its just something to keep in mind if you read this and things start sounding… familiar. All in all, this was a perfectly satisfying read—from just holding the book, to the perfect illustrations, the magical whimsy of the writing, and the cast of incredible characters that inhabit London Below. The story is dark, but with moments of tenderness and humor so I never felt bogged down to the point where I could no longer appreciate the imagery. Gaiman’s fantasy is always a reflection of reality with fantastic elements, so the ugly parts of our world are still present, but made magic so when you read you don’t necessarily feel preached to. But I can definitely understand why this style may not be for everyone—Gaiman doesn’t describe anything in a straightforward manner, instead almost tricking the reader into visualizing these delightful things. Which I loved, personally! This book was quirky and deep, fantastic and the kind of realistic urban fantasy I didn’t know I was missing until now, which is why this gets an easy 5 stars from me! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 stars for Neverwhere! *by T***N on January 26, 2014* So the blurb says "Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk." Now, if you're expecting a knight in shining armor with a quest to save the damsel in distress, you can just drop this book. Because Richard Mayhew is the one who needs saving. Richard leaned against a wall, and listened to their footsteps, echoing away, and to the rush of the water running past on its way to the pumping station of East London, and the sewage works. "Shit," he said. And then, to his surprise, for the first time since his father died, alone in the dark, Richard Mayhew began to cry. Characters Wow, I'm so used to perfect, alpha males as MCs that I was totally taken aback to have met Richard Mayhew. He's the sweet, "safe" boyfriend who would make a dull, henpecked husband in the future. He's a bit of a muddlehead - the kind who messes up his appointments and locks himself out. Richard Mayhew is, for lack of a better word, a total pussy. "Richard began to understand darkness: darkness as something solid and real, so much more than a simple absence of light. He felt it touch his skin, questing, moving, exploring: gliding through his mind. It slipped into his lungs, behind his eyes, into his mouth . . ." Then we have the other characters. Lady Door, the bleeding girl, has the ability to open doors. Now, don't let my ineloquence fool you - it's an extraordinary gift. However, she's a total *yawn*. Her companions; marquis de Carabas and Hunter are much stronger and notable characters. And the antagonists were really dark, violent, magnificently thought-out characters. It was like as if Neil Gaiman had spent more time developing the secondary characters than the MCs. Storyline and Writing I have never heard of Neil Gaiman before this. But one fine day, the local bookstore had dedicated a whole section just for his books. And that got me intrigued. Further probing around GR got me to believe that Neil Gaiman is a magnificent storyteller. It was evident, from beginning to end, that he is excellent at creating this parallel universe. "So the day became one of waiting, which was, he knew, a sin: moments were to be experienced; waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come and the moments one was currently disregarding." How do I categorise Neverwhere? I grew up reading Roald Dahl's children's books and watching the movie adaptation. Do you remember the movie "The Witches"? It scared the hell out of me. I could vaguely remember the part where the little boy was forced to drink this potion that turned him into a mouse. I couldn't help thinking about that movie while reading Neverwhere. It gave me the same chills as The Witches. Neverwhere reminds me of Roald Dahl's, ironically, children's fiction: dark and violent. Conclusion: Don't let the MCs deter you from attempting this well-written piece by Neil Gaiman! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly Original, Modern, Urban Fantasy *by S***Y on January 14, 2013* Wow, what an unusual book! After reading American Gods, I really shouldn't be surprised, as Neil Gaiman is certainly making a name for himself in the modern, urban fantasy genre. In this novel, we are introduced to a cast of characters that are among the most original, unusual and thought provoking I've ever encountered. The basis of the novel is the existence of an "underground" London, inhabited by all those who have fallen between the cracks of society. Designated as London Below, as opposed to London Above, these highly unusual inhabitants make their way through sewers, underground passages and subterranean vaults and caverns, as well as abandoned tube stations. In addition, things and people aren't "normal" in London Below. Time and space do not follow the same rules as London Above. Elements of minor magic exist and animals take on human traits (for example, rats are exalted and can communicate). Once relegated to London Below, there is no return to the surface. Inhabitants virtually cease to exist and can move unseen and unrecognized on the surface. There were moments when I thought Gaiman went a little too far in his fantasy world, but by and large, it worked for me. The characters in the novel are amazingly well presented and fleshed out. The subject of the novel, Richard Mayhew, a drone of sorts in the London financial community, gets drawn into the underworld through accidental contact with one of its denizens, an unlikely heroine by the name of Lady Door. There, he undergoes a metamorphosis of sorts, as he undertakes the quest that is the backbone of the novel. There are elements of medieval custom and society, as well as characters that you would find in 17th century England. Most engaging to me, however, were a pair of supernaturally gifted murderous cut throats by the name of Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar who appear frequently throughout the story. As Mr. Croup explains, ""We are, after all, famed across the entirety of creation for our skills in the excruciatory arts" When their methods are questioned by their "employer" and they are accused of being unprofessional, Mr. Croup proudly explains: "Unprofessional? Us? Sir. Might I with due respect remind you that Mister Vandemar and myself burned down the city if Troy? We brought the Black Plague to Flanders. We have assassinated a dozen kings, five popes, half a hundred heroes and two accredited gods. Our last commission before this was the torturing of an entire monastery in sixteenth century Tuscany. We are utterly professional." There is actually an honest to goodness angel (Islington) who evolves into a fascinating character. There are references to Atlantis and other mythological personages and places. And while there is ample violence and scenes of brutality, as Mr. Vandemar notes at one point, ""Can't make an omelette without killing a few people". --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.kg/products/314174183-neverwhere-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.kg/products/314174183-neverwhere-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kyrgyzstan* *Store origin: KG* *Last updated: 2026-05-17*