![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It tells the story of a man who discovers a hidden and magical other world below the British capital, called London Below.Īs of Thursday, Neverwhere had been removed from school library shelves following Mrs Wilmott's complaint, though the school officials said it was the first complaint about the book they had received since they put it on the curriculum in 2004. It was recently broadcast to critical acclaim as a radio play on Radio 4, adapted by Dirk Maggs. ![]() Neverwhere began life as a BBC TV series written by Gaiman, which aired in 1996, and was later adapted by the author into a novel. After hearing of the ban he asked on Twitter: "Is anyone fighting back?" Portsmouth-born Gaiman, who now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is currently back in the UK promoting his new children's book Fortunately, The Milk, on the back of a mammoth tour for his recent fantasy novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane. "I trusted the school district to pick proper material, and this is not." "I trusted the school system," Wilmott added. "I cannot read this to you and put it on the news," she said. When asked to read sections of the book on air she declined. ![]()
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