Editorial take
Gaiman writes like someone telling you a story by candlelight who keeps remembering scarier details. His worlds are secondary realities grafted onto our own — behind a fence, down a tube stop, inside a locked room. Myth-soaked and melancholy.
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If you have never read Neil Gaiman, start with The Ocean at the End of the Lane. It is the most accessible entry point and sets you up for the rest of the catalogue.
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