The Great When

Dennis Knuckleyard is an 18-year-old orphan who works for Coffin Ada in a bookshop. The keen bibliophilic neophyte sets off on a mission to collect books for his employer. However, one of the books he collects is not supposed to exist because it originates from the abstract blend of dreams and nightmares that is the other London. When he tries to return it, his life is dunked in a mire of murder and mayhem, and his only hope of saving it is to contend with the villains of the underworld. Moore is the acclaimed creator of a number of bestselling graphic novels, such as Watchmen and V for Vendetta, and his latest novel evokes the same vibrant imagery with its prose. Though overly descriptive at times, his lyrical style is a play of poetry and metaphor with a dash of dry humor. The dynamic plot winds through the horrors of postwar London, which comes to life on the page.