My Impressions: I really didn’t know what I’d gotten myself into as I started this book but soon realized it would fit into the genre of “magical realism.” The story takes place in about the 1970s or 80s in rural England, and begins with a middle aged man visiting the small town of his youth to attend a funeral – we don’t know whose – and takes a break from the various events to go sit at a spot where he’d had unresolved childhood memories. Reality and fantasy get shuffled and our protagonist comes face-to-face with supernatural versions of good and evil, must decide, react and respond, and grow. The book is written from his perspective as a lonely introverted 7 year old living on a farm in England, when without much warning, reality seems to bend and warp and things start happening that don’t fit the reality that you and I live in. The protagonist of The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a middle aged man who returns to the town of his youth, and lapses into memories from his childhood. I was away from home unexpectedly without my current reading, so visited a book store and found this one.
Why this book: I had heard Tim Ferriss strongly endorsing Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book.
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