Smoke and Mirrors

By: Neil Gaiman

Narrated by: Neil Gaiman

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

Critic reviews

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

"Gaiman is god in the universe of story." (Stephen Fry)

Not my favourite Gaiman compilation

I enjoyed some of stories more than I did others. The narration is excellent, with good adjustment for different characters, as well as the shifts in tone and genre. I liked the variety of stories and poems that were included in this collection. No matter the subject matter, there is always a vividness to these tales that make them almost materialise in front of ones eyes as they're conveyed with Gaiman's customary intelligence and attention to detail. A good listen.

Too dark!

The stories are too dark for my tastes. Good narration, first section a waste of time - just talking about how the stories came about.