An extraordinary collection of Neil Gaiman's short fiction that will haunt your imagination and move you to the very depths of your soul. --Book Description
Includes exclusive extra material: A new Interview with Neil Gaiman about SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Web Link to Free Audio Download of 'The Price', read by the Author --From the Publisher
The distinctive storytelling genius of Neil Gaiman has been acclaimed by writers as diverse as Norman Mailer and Stephen King. In SMOKE AND MIRRORS the definitive collection of Gaiman s short fiction, including previously unpublished material he will dazzle your senses, haunt your imagination and move you to the depths of your soul.
In Gaiman s richly imagined fictions, anything is possible an elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur cost in a second-hand store; under a bridge, a frightened little boy bargains for his life with a very persistent troll; a stray cat fights and refights a terrible nightly battle to protect his unsuspecting adoptive family from unimaginable evil...
These miraculous inventions and many more await in this extraordinary book, revealing one of our most gifted storytellers at the height of his powers. --From the Inside Flap
L'autore
Neil Gaiman is the No.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling writer of books, graphic novels, short stories, film and television for all ages, and is known for creating extraordinary worlds beyond imagination. He has been awarded numerous literary honours and many of his books have been made into films and adapted for TV and radio. In recent years, Neil wrote and was the showrunner for a critically acclaimed television adaptation of Good Omens, the seminal novel he co-authored with the late Sir Terry Pratchett. He has also written two episodes of Doctor Who and appeared in The Simpsons as himself.
In 2017, Neil became a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. He received a Doctor of Letters from the University of St Andrews, is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College and is a Royal Society of Literature fellow. Born in the UK, Neil now mostly lives in America, and travels all around the world every year appearing at festivals, events and conventions.
