The Ocean at the end of the Lane

I've read a lot of books. The word that comes to mind to describe this one is, weird. I'll make something up.  " I was listening to an old fashioned record when the table was knocked and the record came off the turntable. Not to worry, the record started singing through the hole in the centre. Then it asked for requests and I said can you dance as well and the record said I don't have any legs stupid."    You could slot these sentences anywhere in the book and you wouldn't notice.  It's not easy writing a book. You've got publishers, editors, critics to deal with.  Neil Gaiman is an aussie writer who has tried to remember his worst nightmares and write them down as a story 40 yar later.