"Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of them. Now he must learn to survive in this city of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels, if he is ever to return to the London that he knew." (courtesy of Goodreads)
I think I've read this book more than 10 times. While not as sophisticated as his later books, this story is one that always captures my imagination. Every time I read it, I remember things but then come across details I had completely forgotten. I enjoy the characters, and the way that some of them are completely good or completely bad --- but the more interesting ones aren't as easy to figure out. This is Gaiman's first book, so it's not without flaws --- but it's one of my favorite books.
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