Neil Gaiman, writer of The Doctor’s Wife and Nightmare in Silver, has won the National Book Award’s Book of the Year 2013 for his novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
Gaiman’s book, about a man who returns to his childhood home for a funeral, saw off competition from David Walliams’ Demon Dentist, I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Life After Life by Kate Atkinson amongst others. The author said the win was “thrilling” and thanked all those who had voted:
“I’ve never written a book before that was so close to my own heart: a story about memory and magic and the fear and danger of being a child. I wasn’t sure that anyone else would like it. I’m amazed and thrilled that so many other people have read it, loved it, and made their friends read it too. Winning a National Book Award was thrilling; discovering that the public have made The Ocean at the End of the Lane their Book of the Year is somewhere out beyond wonderful. Thank you to everyone who voted.”
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is available from all good bookstores now.
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