The Great When: A Long London Novel

by Moore, Alan
ISBN: 9781639737345
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From the New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller Alan Moore, a propulsive tour through a fantastical London where history and myth collide, the first book in an enthralling new fantasy series about murder, magic, and madness.

If this London is what they call the Smoke, then that place is the Fire...

The year is 1949, the city London. Amidst the smog of the capital stumbles Dennis Knuckleyard, a hapless eighteen year-old employed by a second-hand bookshop. One day, on an errand to acquire books for sale, Dennis discovers a novel that simply does not exist. It is a fictitious book, a figment from another novel. Yet it is physically there in his hands. How?

Dennis has stumbled on a book from the Great When, a magical version of London beyond time and space, where reality blurs with fiction and concepts such as Crime and Poetry are incarnated as wondrous, terrible beings. But this other, magical London must remain a secret: if Dennis cannot find a way to return this book to where it belongs, he risks repercussions, such as his body being turned inside out (or worse).

So begins a journey delving deep into the city's occult underbelly and tarrying with an eccentric cast of sorcerers, gangsters, and murderers - some from legend, some all too real, and all with plans of their own. Soon Dennis finds himself at the centre of an explosive series of events that may alter and endanger both Londons forever...

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Moore, Alan
  • ISBN: 9781639737345
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.25 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 336
  • Publication Year: 2026
Language: English

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  • Escape reality.

    null null. - 5 months ago

    This book continually tests the boundaries of what the reader's imagination can conjure. As expected, Alan Moore's verbose style demands his audience earn the treasures intricately woven into his stories, but those who don't shy from his adjective-heavy prose will be rewarded sumptuously. This book is no exception. History and fantasy come alive in equal measure with quite a few laughs along the way. It's a dazzling and sometimes stupefying bit of fun.

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