Teaser Tuesdays – Neverwhere

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

I love Neil Gaiman’s tongue in cheek wit. Here’s a wonderful quote that had me chuckling.

There are four simple ways for the observant to tell Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar apart:

first, Mr. Vandemar is two and a half heads taller than Mr. Croup;

second, Mr. Croup has eyes of a faded china blue, while Mr. Vandemar’s eyes are brown;

third, while Mr. Vandemar fashioned the rings he wears on his right hand out of the skulls of four ravens, Mr. Croup has no obvious jewelery;

fourth, Mr. Croup likes words, while Mr. Vandemar is always hungry.

Also, they look nothing at all alike.

~ Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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  1. Top Ten Tuesday – Favorite Books Set in London | Nishita's Rants and Raves

    […] Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman – I know, I know, I haven’t yet finished this book. How can I add it to this list? But, this book is seriously amaze balls. While reading this book, I was looking through London’s underground map all the time. Also reading this book, it’s obvious that Gaiman loves London, and he’s passed on the love to at least one of his readers too. […]

  2. SRS

    This is the first time I have come across this author…whats this book about? It seems interesting…

    • Nish

      @SRS: It’s pretty hard to describe. It’s a book set in alternate London called London Below. If you like Alice in Wonderland, you will definitely like this one. Same magical quality.

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