The Ocean at the End of the Lane 9781472228420 Paperback

A special Christmas edition of theSunday Timesbestseller.WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2013 BOOK OF THE YEARThe Ocean at the End of the Laneis the bestselling magical novel from Neil Gaiman, one of the most brilliant storytellers of our generation and author of the epic novelAmerican Gods, and the much-lovedSandmanseries. ‘Possibly Gaiman’s most lyrical, scary and beautiful work yet. It’s a tale of childhood for grown-ups, a fantasy rooted in the darkest corners of reality’ (Independent on Sunday).If you loved the mesmerising world of Erin Morgenstern’sThe Night Circusor were drawn into J.K. Rowling’s magical universe, this book is for you.It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond this world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed – within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it.His only defence is three women, on a farm at the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duckpond is an ocean. The oldest can remember the Big Bang.The Ocean at the End of the Laneis a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: moving, terrifying and elegiac – as pure as a dream, as delicate as a butterfly’s wing, as dangerous as a knife in the dark.