The Graveyard Book

”When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him – after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod’s life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?”

 

(Silas says)… ”And there are always people who find their lives have become so unsupportable they believe the best thing they could do would be to hasten their transition to another plane of existence.”
”They kill themselves, you mean?” said Bod. He was about eight years old, wide-eyed and inquisitive, and he was not stupid.
”Indeed.”
”Does it work? Are they happier dead?”
”Sometimes. Mostly, no. It’s like the people who believe they’ll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn’t work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean.”

Har äntligen läst ut den efterläntade The Graveyard Book av Neil Gaiman. Den var precis lika underbar som jag hade väntat mig. Och jag tyckte illustrationerna av Dave McKean passade väldigt bra i boken.
Du bör helt klart läsa denna. Vänta inte på den svenska utgåvan, läs den på engelska!

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