Moriarty was the name they used for the character who shot House (way, way back).

I don't know if you'll read this because it's been five years, but I think they used a body double for the bathtub scene.

Being left in a hot car is just an unfortunate way of dying. We have three examples of shadeless people: Martin Chatwin, Julia, and Alice. All three of them made an intentional sacrifice in order for that to happen, even though none of them meant for that to be their sacrifice.

See, that's problematic. Of course I would never claim he's respected by every English professor (I have another one who refuses to even read The Ocean at the End of the Lane, although it's mainly because he doesn't believe in "genre fiction"). But Gaiman is certainly respected by more than one. Now, at this point, I…

I see why you would think my sentence about my professor is irrelevant; my point was just to illustrate that it is a well-respected novel among well-respected English professors. I find that significant, but it's fine if you don't.
I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree at this point.

A boy discovers the corpse of his suicidal boarder; a parasitic "wormhole" in his own foot; and his father having anal sex with his "housekeeper." His own father attempts to drown him to death in the bathtub. Hunger birds eat his heart.
This is all unquestionably disturbing material for young readers. Moreover, the…

It IS an adult novel. It just happens to be about nostalgia. Something isn't automatically directed at the age group it describes. The Ocean at the End of the Lane is not structured like a YA novel, and it is told from the perspective of an adult recalling his childhood. It is also rather disturbing, which is not to…

The book explicitly states that it was a threeway. I don't remember the exact quote, but Quentin recalls the scratchy feeling of Eliot's stubble.