(Nov.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 08:07:25 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA40330912 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier The intriguing world behind these pages is indeed smoke and mirrors, just a step or a word or a story away from our own. Demons take over London in ""Cold Colors,"" because the devil has learned how to network and God can't get ""saintware"" up and running. In ""Chivalry,"" a woman finds the Holy Grail in a secondhand shop, and Galahad must trade something for it that will look just as good on her mantle. Because the characters treat the unreal as ordinary, the eeriness of what unfolds has all the more impact. Their prose is simple yet evocative, and Gaiman's characters are textured with well-defined personalities. The bizarre and disturbing essence of the stories is highlighted by their background of absolute normalcy.
and tell him the truth behind Lucifer's fall (""Murder Mysteries""), and nonchalant assassins can be found in the Yellow Pages under pest control (""We Can Get Them for You Wholesale"").
The narratives follow a dream logic: The angel Raguel, the Vengeance of the Lord, can bum a cigarette off a youth in L.A. Then it moves on and the apparition is hidden away again, but not forgotten.
Each entry skirts the edges of a puncture in reality through which something dark and mysterious peeks. Imaginative twists on old legends and frightening glimpses into the impossible combine to form this impressive collection of 30 stories and poems by the author of Neverwhere and co-creator of The Sandman graphic novels.
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