National Bestseller Selected as one of NPR'S Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time The No. 1 New York Times bestselling author's ultimate edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his "preferred text"-and including his special Neverwhere tale, "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back" Published in 1997, Neverwhere heralded the arrival of a major talent and became a touchstone of urban fantasy. Over the years, a number of versions were produced both in the U.S. and the U.K. Now Gaiman's preferred edition of his classic novel reconciles these works and reinstates a number of scenes cut from the original published books. Richard Mayhew is a young London businessman with a good heart whose life is changed forever when he stops to help a bleeding girl-an act of kindness that plunges him into a world he never dreamed existed. Slipping through the cracks of reality, R.