THE GREAT WHEN
'I was in the wrong London. It was horrible. I'd fallen in by accident, and it was all alive and trying to eat me.'
The year 1949, the city London.
Hapless second-hand bookseller Dennis stumbles through a city still shaking off the war. While out procuring inventory, Dennis's life changes forever when he chances upon a novel that shouldn't exist; an entirely fictional book from inside another novel.
The book hails from The Great When, a magical shadow-London, where reality blurs with fiction and concepts like Crime, Poetry and Riot are incarnated as mystical beings that stalk the streets. This discovery brings terrible danger, as the book's presence leaves the doorway open between the two Londons, and The Great When must remain a secret.
Soon Dennis finds himself in the city's occult underbelly, negotiating sorcerers, gangsters, and murderers - some imaginary, some all too real, and all with plans of their own. If Dennis cannot return the book and close the gate, he risks dire repercussions...
Neither London will ever be the same again.
History collides with magic in The Great When. Dark, ridiculous, propulsive, Sunday Times bestseller Alan Moore opens the gates to capital metafictional chaos in the genre-busting first instalment of the Long London series.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
MOORE ALAN
Alan Moore nació en Northampton, Inglaterra, el 18 de noviembre de 1953 y es considerado uno de los guionistas de cómics más influyentes de la historia. Proveniente de una familia humilde, comenzó su carrera en revistas independientes y pronto destacó por su estilo innovador y crítico. Entre sus obras más reconocidas se encuentran Watchmen, V de Vendetta, From Hell y Batman: The Killing Joke, todas fundamentales para la consolidación de la novela gráfica como género literario. Su escritura se caracteriza por la profundidad psicológica de los personajes y la exploración de temas políticos y sociales. Se retiró oficialmente en 2016.
