Extraordinary . . . very funny . . . It does what fantasy does best which is show us something beyond our experience

Susanna Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

A riotous tour of occult London . . . a sustained feat of bravura brilliance. Bring on the next instalment.

Guardian

Think Terry Pratchett writing one of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London novels – but still unmistakeably Alan. This has 'massive hit' written all over it

John Higgs

It's a romp, and it's full of loving attention to the past . . . Freed from the tyranny of the speech bubble, you sense Moore is really, really having fun

Sunday Times

I Hear a New World is more speculative fantasy than crime fiction, yet it has enough criminous content to enchant mystery readers … Mr. Moore, who has created acclaimed comic books and fiction, draws on all his talents in crafting this lurid collage of English culture past, present and future

Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal

A breathless time-travelling classic. Savage, humane, comic, terrifying: and that's just the first page. Now read on

Iain Sinclair