"Spanning Gaiman's career to date, 'The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction' is a . . . collection from one of the world's most beloved writers, chosen by those who know his work best: his devoted readers. A . . . representation of Gaiman's . . . imaginative fiction, this . . . volume includes excerpts from each of his five novels for adults--Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane--and nearly fifty of his short stories"--OCLC.