The title isn't a question but I'll answer it anyway. It defines itself as cosmic horror, which is partially accurate, but it's also a surreal and madcap supernatural adventure, the protagonists/narrators all so unreliable that it's not clear whether or not the story has been resolved at the end. It's also a deceptively clever, funny and well-structured novel, despite its pretentions of randomness.
(The protagonist's girlfriend was a manic pixie dream girl, who would never be the protagonist's girlfriend in real life, which was annoying but did fit into the narrative style.)
(My library book has the narrator David Wang as the author on the cover, with a rather concerning note from actual author Jason Pargin at the back explaining that it is entirely fiction and to seek help if you think it isn't.)
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