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The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel

#1 New York Times Bestseller

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a haunting novel that explores the awesome power of memory, friendship, and sacrifice―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee

"A novel about the truths--some wonderful, some terrible--that children know and adults do not." --Time Magazine

Returning to his childhood home to attend a funeral, a middle-aged man is drawn back to a place once alive with monsters and magic; to a past where the impossible is all too frighteningly real . . .

A haunting meditation on memory, wonder, friendship, and sacrifice, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which was named "Book of the Year" by the UK National Book Awards, is a groundbreaking triumph of storytelling as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark.

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192 pages

Average rating: 7.38

406 RATINGS

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alyssalou
Jul 17, 2024
10/10 stars
Whimsical yet unnerving, hopeful yet melancholic…this novel is a wonderfully strange paradox that I couldn’t help but fly through. Perfect first Neil Gaiman novel!
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Miah Apperson
Jun 07, 2024
10/10 stars
Not what I expected, but in the best way possible.
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Anonymous
Mar 24, 2024
6/10 stars
A "modern" Fairy tale told by a man attending a funeral and remembering a terrorizing event from his childhood.
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LMahoney
Jan 26, 2024
10/10 stars
read in one day. so darn good and not at all what I thought it would be. AMAZING
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Anonymous
Dec 27, 2023
6/10 stars
Probably more like a 2.5. Not really getting it, but somewhat entertaining.
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