What's the initial small caps rule of this book?

Question

I want to use the same initial small cap rule of The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. But I still can't figure it out. Some examples:

TALKING HEADS’ Fear of Music is on my record player, so I lower the stylus.

OUTSIDE NATWEST BANK on Milton Road, I run into Brendan.

ON MONDAY, I’LL get a key cut for Vinny’s front door, but today I go the usual secret way.

THE BACK DOOR’S never locked ’cause Vinny’s lost the key.

HOLLY SYKES AND the Weird Shit, Part 1.

BY THREE O’CLOCK, my whole head’s parched, not just my mouth.

AROUND FOUR O’CLOCK I get to a strip of shingly beach by a wooden groyne thing sloping into the river.

I FILL MY lungs with one of Brubeck’s Dunhills. That’s better.

The first phrases of the scene? But then how come the and in HOLLY SYKES AND is also being included? I'm confused.

Answer 1

I'm not able to find a sample of the book, but, from what you've posted above, it looks like the author decided to capitalize the first three words of each section, as noted in the comments above. That first one is different because "Fear of Music" needs to be set apart from the artist. I've seen many big authors use this capitalization technique; it's just used to further introduce a new scene.

Answer 2

Looking at a sample of the book it seems obvious to me that the use of capital letters is rather arbitrary. It doesn't enhance the text, in my opinion. Actually, it looks like rather lazy editing to me.