Voice of the Fire

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Do not trust the tales, or the town, or even the man who tells the tales. Trust only the voice of the fire.— from the introduction by Neil Gaiman"Alan Moore is the best and most innovative writer in graphic novels. I have been a huge admirer for years." — Michael Moorcock"Alan takes genuine risks and justifies them: you feel, all the way, the rush of discovery; authorial privilege endangered by the savage voices he allows into his head." — Iain Sinclair"A burning bush of a novel full of earthy wonder and wisdom, Voice of the Fire is a head-spinning trip down time's sacred whirlpool." — Richard Gehr, Village Voice"Part mythic cycle, part fictional history of Moore's hometown, part collection of fireside ghost stories, Voice of the Fire is as clever and well-crafted as Moore's other genre experiments, and by taking his dialogue out of word-balloons and panel arrangements, it gives his limitless literary ambition room to stretch out into new and fascinating...