Jerusalem

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New York Times Bestseller Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR the Washington Post Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal Winner of the Audie Award The New York Times bestseller from the author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta finally appears in a one-volume paperback. Begging comparisons to Tolstoy and Joyce this magnificent sprawling cosmic epic (Guardian) by Alan Moorethe genre-defying groundbreaking hairy genius of our generation (NPR)takes 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: second-century fiends wait in urine-scented 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 post-Einstein and insist upon their slum as Blakes eternal holy city in Moores apotheosis a fourth-dimensional 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