I'm not sure there's a God, but I thank Her for Alan Moore.” —Entertainment Weekly
“One of the most significant fiction writers in English . . . Moore's influence can be felt everywhere-in our literature, on our screens, in our politics.” —The Guardian
“[Moore's] lyrical style is a play of poetry and metaphor with a dash of dry humor . . . This is a lavishly crafted urban fantasy tale with a caustic and colorful cast, perfect for fans of Susanna Clarke.” —Library Journal
“Like Dickens, Alan Moore has us waiting on the dock, impatient for the next installment of his breathless, time-travelling classic. A preternaturally convincing hallucination from London's fetid past transports us, in some mysterious way, over the abyss of our impoverished post-digital present. Savage, humane, comic, terrifying: and that's just the first page. Now read on.” —Iain Sinclair
“A profound, gorgeous novel of secret magics and lost souls.” —Sunyi Dean, USA Today bestselling author of THE BOOK EATERS
“The worldbuilding is extraordinary and the plot is utterly gripping. Readers are sure to be sucked in.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Moore makes the parochial universal, the mundane sublime and the temporal never-ending.” —Financial Times
“A rollicking adventure.” —Lit Hub, Most Anticipated Books of 2024, Part Two
“A dynamite story collection . . . remarkable.” —The New York Times Book Review on ILLUMINATIONS
07/01/2024
Dennis Knuckleyard is an 18-year-old orphan who works for Coffin Ada in a bookshop. The keen bibliophilic neophyte sets off on a mission to collect books for his employer. However, one of the books he collects is not supposed to exist because it originates from the abstract blend of dreams and nightmares that is the other London. When he tries to return it, his life is dunked in a mire of murder and mayhem, and his only hope of saving it is to contend with the villains of the underworld. Moore is the acclaimed creator of a number of bestselling graphic novels, such as Watchmen and V for Vendetta, and his latest novel evokes the same vibrant imagery with its prose. Though overly descriptive at times, his lyrical style is a play of poetry and metaphor with a dash of dry humor. The dynamic plot winds through the horrors of postwar London, which comes to life on the page. VERDICT This is a lavishly crafted urban fantasy tale with a caustic and colorful cast, perfect for fans of Susanna Clarke.—Andrea Dyba