In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion... and anything is possible. In Smoke and Mirrors, Gaiman's imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wonders - where an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a thrift store, where assassins advertise their services in the Yellow Pages under "Pest Control," and where a frightened young boy must barter for his life with a mean-spirited troll living beneath a bridge by the railroad tracks.

Explore a new reality, obscured by smoke and darkness yet brilliantly tangible, in this extraordinary collection of short works by a master prestidigitator. It will dazzle your senses, touch your heart, and haunt your dreams.

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10 hours and 36 minutes
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Neil Gaiman
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Neil Gaiman
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May 14 2013
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English
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HarperAudio
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B0722ZRNNX
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	10 hours and 36 minutes
Author	Neil Gaiman
Narrator	Neil Gaiman
Audible.ca Release Date	May 14 2013
Publisher	HarperAudio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0722ZRNNX
Best Sellers Rank	#9,734 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #19 in Fantasy Anthologies & Short Stories #29 in Science Fiction Anthologies & Short Stories #89 in Science Fiction Anthologies

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Ricardo Moraes Pinto

GAIMAN AT HIS BEST

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 7, 2022

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I read this book some years ago. And now again. It has not lost its magic. Gaiman is a huge storyteller. This is one of five books that I would carry to an isolated mountain.

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Edwina

very nice

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 16, 2021

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As described. Very nice condition. No notes at all. Clean.

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Racalatta

Smoke and Mirrors is an absolutely excellent short story compilation book

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 30, 2015

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Smoke and Mirrors is an absolutely excellent short story compilation book. Gaiman is a master storyteller, this particular compilation containing stories ranging anywhere from a page to over 20 pages. My only issue is that as a Neil Gaiman fan, I own most of his short story compilations and unfortunately, I had previously read many of the stories in 'Smoke and Mirrors' in his other compilations. Putting that aside however, this was a 5 star book; completely excellent.

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A collection of amazing short stories from Gaiman!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 19, 2019

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I love these short stories! It's the perfect book to read while traveling, one story at a time!

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Sherry Buziak

Not what was pictured. Recieved a used copy. Disappointing..

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 6, 2022

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Lindsey Craig

Mixed results.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 17, 2017

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Pretty good, but....Pretty miserable. Not what you might expect from this author (very sexually explicit, lots of vampires) but worth a read.

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Wonderful

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 28, 2013

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I loved the diversity in these stories. Some of them were dark, others humorous, but all of them were worth reading.

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sheistarr

Exactly as described

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 12, 2018

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New novel with cover as described and prompt delivery

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Anna

A peek into Gaiman's life...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 28, 2019

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Short stories are a funny thing. One or two of these stories are amazing. The rest are lack luster, more like diary entries. If you're interested in the author himself, you might find this interesting. If you're just after great short stories, you might be disappointed.

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fofrog

Difficult on Kindle

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 24, 2014

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First, I am hugely biased because I love practically everything Neil Gaiman writes. There are some absolutely wonderful stories in here; for example, having read his version of Snow White I want him to redo all the old fairy stories (PLEASE!!).

However I really wanted to read his comments/commentary in conjunction with each story - to understand a little more how he writes and how these came to be written. In a paperback, this would be easy - just use two bookmarks and move them both forward each time. Yes, I know I can bookmark in Kindle but it's clumsy to keep tagging back to the commentary section and having to delete old bookmarks otherwise I got confused about which one to aim for. I love my Kindle to pieces but this is one book I'd have preferred to read on paper.

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Reader

Interesting stories I love.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 16, 2022

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I love especially the story about the stray cat who fought the devil for the family who took it in, and the one about the foxes with two folklore stories involved, very poetically told, with a wonderful twist at the end.

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There is so much to recommend this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 11, 2015

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There is so much to recommend this book. It's a great introduction for anyone who hasn't read Gaiman before. One story in particular - Troll Bridge - I have read aloud to groups of people. It's a reasonably long read, but always worthwhile. Some amazing ideas in between the covers of this book, most of them beautifully twisted.

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Natanya

Some great stories, some average

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 14, 2013

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I love Neil Gaiman's books and was excited to get this collection of short stories (to read on the train to work). Some of them really pull you in and I couldn't put them down. Some were not my cup of tea and I so I sped through them (peronal opinion though!). Neil Gaiman has written introductions at the start of the collection for each story/poem, explaining the reasons behind them - definitely worth reading these.

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