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Smoke and Mirrors

By: Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
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About this listen

This short fiction collection includes 'Chivalry', this year's Radio 4 Neil Gaiman Christmas Day special, starring Glenda Jackson and Kit Harington. This is the story of Mrs Whitaker, who finds the Holy Grail in a charity shop.

Open your mind to one of the brightest, most brilliant writers of our generation....

This definitive collection of Neil Gaiman's short fiction will haunt your imagination and move you to the very depths of your soul. An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat. A stray cat fights and refights a terrible nightly battle to protect his unwary adoptive family from unimaginable evil. A young couple receives a wedding gift that reveals a chilling alternative history of their marriage. These tales and much more await in this extraordinary book, revealing one of our most gifted storytellers at the height of his powers.

©1998 Neil Gaiman (P)2013 HarperCollinsPublishers Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Fiction Science Fiction Short Stories Scary Christmas

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Critic reviews

"There's no one quite like Neil Gaiman." (George R. R. Martin)

"Gaiman is god in the universe of story." (Stephen Fry)
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Loved this book. Very eloquently written. Gives you lots to think about. Very thought provoking.

Very mysterious!

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I really enjoyed listening to this on my drives to and from work. He really creates believable worlds and characters

wonderful collection

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Brace yourselves - this is a wild ride through a dark series of tales!
Not for the faint hearted - s*x, graphic s*x at that… everything from Demons and Angels to Necrophilia and Vampirism, and dystopian drug induced hedonism… yeah… something for the serious Gaiman fan or you might struggle to get through it!

If you’re a Gaiman fan…

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He tells a good story. I list the thread on a couple of stories but that could just be me.

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This collection of short stories offers a great opportunity to hear a writer's voice developing. The downside is that the stories can become same-y, and, inevitably, some stories resonate more with a listener. His Murder Mysteries story seems to me to be an absolute marvel--both the story and his reading. I had the same feeling of amazement as a child with a bedtime story, especially with this one but with many of the others as well. His performance of the stories is compelling.

There is much more to Gaiman's stories than things that go bump in the night although he does such stories deftly. Neil Gaiman offers us a perspective on the world that is honest and ironic, slightly cynical but deeply affectionate. Through his stories you meet a gallery of characters some familar--others perhaps that person you saw on the bus last week or that lady on the train. Through his story telling we are transported to someplace almost like here and we come back from the visit just a little bit wiser or kinder or grateful.

A Gallery on An Other World

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