THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE

u003cpu003eu003cbu003eA special Christmas edition of the u003ciu003eSunday Timesu003c/iu003e bestseller.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eWINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2013 BOOK OF THE YEARu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003ciu003eThe Ocean at the End of the Laneu003c/iu003e is the bestselling magical novel from Neil Gaiman, one of the most brilliant storytellers of our generation and author of the epic novel u003ciu003eAmerican Godsu003c/iu003e, and the much-loved u003ciu003eSandmanu003c/iu003e 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' (u003ciu003eIndependent on Sunday).u003c/iu003e If you loved the mesmerising world of Erin Morgenstern's u003ciu003eThe Night Circusu003c/iu003e or were drawn into J.K. Rowling's magical universe, this book is for you.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003c/bu003e 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003ciu003eThe Ocean at the End of the Laneu003c/iu003e 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.u003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e