Take an apartment house; add in a drag queen, a lesbian couple, some talking animals, a talking severed head, a confused heroine, and the deadly Cuckoo. Stir vigorously with a hurricane and Morpheus himself and you get this fifth instalment of THE SANDMAN series. This story stars Barbie, who first makes an appearance in The Doll's House and now finds herself a princess in a vivid dreamworld. Collects THE SANDMAN #32-37, with a new cover by Dave McKean and an introduction by Paul Dini!
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'What will we do, Prinado? Why we will perish. We will all die, and the land will die and the world will die and the Cuckoo will reign in bleak dominion over all. That is what we will do' CHAPTER ONE
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(@vertigo_comics, 5 March 2019, ebook, 186 pages, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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This is my second favourite entry in The Sandman series (the first entry being the other). This is different from the other entries in the series in that Morpheus only appears in a minor role and the other Endless do not feature at all. The main story focuses on Barbie from The Doll's House trapped in a vivid dreamworld with strange creatures, as a Princess and a pawn in a deadly game. I loved A Game of You and look forward to volume 6.
