Under the Wave at Waimea
$32.58
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2023
Summary
From renowned writer Paul Theroux comes a dazzling novel following a big-wave surfer in Hawaii as he confronts ageing, privilege, mortality and whose lives we choose to remember.
Joe Sharkey knows he is passed his prime. Now in his sixties, the younger surfers around the breaks on the north shore of Oahu still revere him as the once-legendary ‘Shark’, but his sponsors have moved on, and Joe wonders what new future awaits him on the horizon. Uninterrupted quality time with the ocean, h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241504468 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241504465 |
| Author: | Paul Theroux |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 287g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 25mm |
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Kaleidoscopic. Extraordinary. A frightening ride to the bottom of the soul of a man with a previously unexamined life. This is contemporary Hawaii as it’s rarely evoked, with surfing strangely near its troubled heart – William Finnegan, author of “Barbarian Days”, winner of the Pulitzer PrizeTheroux’s new novel is a full-fat epic – John Self * The Observer *Superb… Under the Wave at Waimea immerses you so elaborately in its watery world that you may start seeing surfing as just another guise for life itself… This probing tale of a man who’s come undone and the strong, stark woman who thinks she can reassemble him is one of Theroux’s best novels – Michael Upchurch * The Seattle Times *
About The Author
Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. He won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.
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