Jerusalem - Alan Moore

The New York Times bestseller from the author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta finally appears in a onevolume paperback. Begging comparisons to Tolstoy and Joyce, this magnificent, sprawling cosmic epic” Guardian by Alan Moorethe genredefying, groundbreaking, hairy genius of our generation” NPRtakes its place among the most notable works of contemporary English literature. In decaying Northampton, eternity loiters between housing projects. Among saints, kings, prostitutes, and derelicts, a timeline unravels secondcentury fiends wait in urinescented stairwells, delinquent specters undermine a century with tunnels, and in upstairs parlors, laborers with golden blood reduce fate to a snooker tournament. Through the labyrinthine streets and pages of Jerusalem tread ghosts singing hymns of wealth and poverty. They celebrate the English language, challenge mortality postEinstein, and insist upon their slum as Blake’s eternal holy city in Moore’s apotheosis, a fourthdimensional symphony” Entertainment Weekly. This brilliant . . . monumentally ambitious” tale from the gutter is a massive literary achievement for our timeand maybe for all times simultaneously” Washington Post. 1 map 3 illustrations