It is a companion that will no doubt be immediately crucial to the teaching and study of Gaiman and to Neverwhere's immense cultural influence. It is a masterful debut novel of darkly hypnotic power, and one of the most absorbing reads to come along in years. In Neverwhere, the city of London is mirrored by a magical world beneath it called London Below, a place filled with as Gaiman describes the people who fall through the cracks. This is a smart, fresh, and thorough study of Neverwhere, which also inspires a host of new and exciting approaches for future exploration. Weinstock maps key modes through which to read the novel and its reverberating iterations across media, while also showing how Gaiman's touchstone work operates as a critical introduction to the fantasy genre. The 1 New York Times bestselling author’s ultimate edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his preferred textand including his special Neverwhere tale, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back.

“Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock's A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere is an invaluable resource for both first-time and returning readers of this seminal work of fantasy. Selected as one of NPR’S Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time. Neverwhere is a dark tale that takes the underbelly of London and runs away with it wrapped up in wild imagination. “Noted Gothic scholar Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock takes us on a tour of Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy Neverwhere, bringing his characteristic wit and insight to the shifting spaces and emblematic characters of Gaiman’s underground London.” (Brian Attebery, Professor of English, Idaho State University, USA)

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