01947cam a2200385 i 4500 357737534 TxAuBib 160429s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016014957 9781631491344 1631491342 9781631492433 1631492438 (OCoLC)937452744 DLC eng DLC TnLvILS rda TxAuBib rda Moore, Alan, 1953- Jerusalem : a novel / Alan Moore. First edition. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2016] 1266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Map on endpapers. The boroughs -- Mansoul -- Vernall's inquest -- Afterlude. "In the half a square mile of decay and demolition that was England's Saxon capital, eternity is loitering between the firetrap housing projects. Embedded in the grubby amber of the district's narrative among its saints, kings, prostitutes, and derelicts a different kind of human time is happening, a soiled simultaneity that does not differentiate between the petrolcolored puddles and the fractured dreams of those who navigate them. Fiends last mentioned in the second-century Book of Tobit wait in urine-scented stairwells, the delinquent specters of unlucky children undermine a century with tunnels, and in upstairs parlors laborers with golden blood reduce fate to a snooker tournament"-- Provided by publisher. Space and time Fiction. Humanity Fiction. Poverty Fiction. Wealth Fiction Moral and ethical aspects. Northampton (England) Fiction. Fantasy fiction. Science fiction. QS7