In Trigger Warning,global phenomenon and Sunday Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle,captivate,haunt,and entertain with this third collection of short fiction,which includes a Doctor Who adventure,the David Bowie-inspired The Return of the Thin White Duke and a never-before published American Gods story,Black Dog.The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains was serialised on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime in November 2015. 'We are all wearing masks.That is what makes us interesting.These are stories about those masks,and the people we are underneath them.'Neil Gaiman,writing from a cabin in the dark woods.Make sure you secure your own mask before reading.Before being transported to worlds filled with witches,watchers and big black bees,with deathless Kin and pirate girls,with things that prowl in the darkness beyond the circle fire,to find the Shadder lurking at your journey's end.But then what happensThere's always something waiting for you.There's always more.Just keep turning the pages.'We each have our little triggers.'Literary alchemy from'a writer of rare perception and endless imagination'(William Gibson),TRIGGER WARNING is a cornucopia of storytelling: horror and ghost stories,science fiction and fairy tales,fabulism and poetry. It will open your eyes to the inexhaustible supply of darkness around you,the magic and the monsters,the myths and the miracles,and to finding truths in the most extraordinary of places.
Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupISBN: 9781472217721Number of pages: 352Weight: 329 gDimensions: 198 x 148 x 26 mm
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Those unacquainted with the author's catalogue of work will doubtless appreciate his imagination and wit,especially in his efforts to air ideas that all too often remain undiscussedThis month's big paperback... An essential purchase for anyone who loves Gaiman's work... he's frequently on top form
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is amongst Britain's foremost writers of fantasy and graphic novels; blending mythologies,folklore and urban legend in a diverse portfolio that embraces the ground-breaking graphic novel seriesThe Sandman,contemporary children's classics,The Graveyard BookandCoralineand adult fiction includingStardust,Neverwhereand the masterpiece that isAmerican Gods.
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