The Stunningly Original and Brilliant First Novel From Storytelling Genius Neil Gaiman. 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, and Pale Girls in Black Velvet. Richard Mayhew is a Young Businessman Who is About to Find Out More Than He Bargained for About This Other London. a Single Act of Kindness Catapults Him Out of His Safe and Predictable Life and Into a World That is at Once Eerily Familiar and yet Utterly Bizarre. There's a Girl Named Door, an Angel Called Islington, an Earl Who Holds Court on the Carriage of a Tube Train, a Beast in a Labyrinth, and Dangers and Delights Beyond Imagining...And Richard, Who Only Wants to Go Home, is to Find a Strange Destiny Waiting for Him Below the Streets of His Native City. Includes Extra Material Exclusive to This Headline Review Edition.