A Peter Pan retelling for adults. This book reveals Peter’s origins, his evolving motives behind creating the “Lost Boys”, and the uncomfortable facts behind his past and the pasts of his enemies and friends. From a commonly dangerous present-day New York to a chaotic, diseased, and war-torn Neverland, Peter maintains the carefree, reckless attitude we’ve come to expect, but is accompanied by a much darker, mature, and oddly enough, appropriate side. Gruesome, bloody, and sexual at times, this book is a fantastic read for anyone who enjoys alternate and/or unsanitized fairytales; the kin that were once prevalent in the Western Word or were exports from the Black Forest.
In a post-9/11 New York, Hans--a banker originally from the Netherlands--finds himself marooned among the strange occupants of the Chelsea Hotel after his English wife and son return to London. Alone and untethered, Hans stumbles upon the vibrant New York subculture of cricket, where he revisits his lost childhood and, thanks to a friendship with a charismatic and charming Trinidadian, begins to reconnect with his life and his adopted country.