{"product_id":"9781472228420-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane","title":"The Ocean at the End of the Lane","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling writer Neil Gaiman, comes a novel of memory, magic and survival, about the power of stories and the darkness inside each of us. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA special Christmas edition of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2013 BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ocean at the End of the Lane\u003c\/i\u003e is the bestselling magical novel from Neil Gaiman, one of the most brilliant storytellers of our generation and author of the epic novel \u003ci\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, and the much-loved \u003ci\u003eSandman\u003c\/i\u003e series.  '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' (\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday).  \u003c\/i\u003eIf you loved the mesmerising world of Erin Morgenstern's \u003ci\u003eThe Night Circus\u003c\/i\u003e or were drawn into J.K. Rowling's magical universe, this book is for you. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIt 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ocean at the End of the Lane\u003c\/i\u003e is 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31861758132321,"sku":"9781472228420","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27835978.jpg?v=1722087856","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472228420-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}