Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

Richard Mayhew is a nice man and it is very weird to realise his problems sprang from his kindness. Nevertheless, he is warned as he leaves his home town: You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not. That warning grabbed my attention fully and I gladly dived with Richard into the dark London, known as London below. Richard helps a bruised girl find out who wanted her family murdered, but mostly he is it at odds with his new environment. Richard doesn't feel he belongs along magic, monsters, assassins, rats and even angels, but to get his life back he has to go through a series of challenges. But whenever there is dark, there is also light and he'll learn that having a good heart eventually pays back.

This is a book about lost people, people who fall through the cracks of life. Sometimes, all it takes is to remember them. All the dark elements Gaiman appreciates are there, but I particularly loved the idea of the floating market and the somehow funny correspondence between the names of locals in London and their counterparts in London below. Lovely story, Mr. Gaiman.