New York Times Bestseller Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, the Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal Winner of the Audie Award
The New York Times bestseller from the author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta finally appears in a one-volume paperback.
Begging comparisons to Tolstoy and Joyce, this “magnificent, sprawling cosmic epic” (Guardian) by Alan Moore—the genre-defying, “groundbreaking, hairy genius of our generation” (NPR)—takes its place among the most notable works of contemporary English literature. In decaying Northampton, eternity loiters between housing projects. Among saints, kings, prostitutes, and derelicts, a timeline unravels: second-century fiends wait in urine-scented stairwells, delinquent specters undermine a century with tunnels, and in upstairs parlors, laborers with golden blood reduce fate to a snooker tournament. Through the labyrinthine streets and pages of Jerusalem tread ghosts singing hymns of wealth and poverty. They celebrate the English language, challenge mortality post-Einstein, and insist upon their slum as Blake’s eternal holy city in “Moore’s apotheosis, a fourth-dimensional symphony” (Entertainment Weekly). This “brilliant . . . monumentally ambitious” tale from the gutter is “a massive literary achievement for our time—and maybe for all times simultaneously” (Washington Post).
Alan Moore is a magician and performer, and is widely regarded as the best and most influential writer in the history of comics. His seminal works include From Hell, V for Vendetta, and Watchmen, for which he won the Hugo Award. He was born in 1953 in Northampton, UK, and has lived there ever since.
There’s no question that digital books have transformed the reading and book-buying experience for the better—whether you’re using your ereader to travel without throwing your back out, or simply to have your entire book collection on hand at all times. (We’ll bet some particularly passionate readers have doubled the living space in their homes by committing fully […]
For nearly two decades, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. At the end of each month, he’ll be sharing the lists of B&N’s bestsellers in the genre, from new hardbacks, to trade paperbacks, to mass markets and media tie-ins, to graphic novels and manga. These are the […]
https://twitter.com/AngTanongKoSayo/status/771702204759543808 You kidding me with that? This week saw the passing of a great actor and, lesser known to some, a very talented writer of novels and one strikingly good memoir. “I like writing books. I can come out, have a glass of tea, give my wife a kiss, go back in and write some more.” […]
Twitter just informed me that today is #readabookday so everything is cancelled and I'm going back to bed with David Sedaris. — Jenny Lawson (@TheBloggess) September 6, 2016 This past week saw #ReadaBookDay. Or #NationalReadaBookDay. Whichever you prefer. It’s an entirely made-up, if nonetheless worthwhile holiday. Happy #ReadaBookDay! Or 'just another day' as we call it. […]
For nearly two decades, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. Every month on Tor.com and the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, Jim shares his curated list of the month’s can’t-miss new SFF releases.