The Mindless Ferocity of Sharks : a Novel

By Brett d'Arcy

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1740511891
• ISBN13: 9781740511896
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Summery read about a boy's cloudy future

I live across the Tasman Sea from Australia, in New Zealand. We go on about not really liking the Australians, but they write great stories! I surf. Perhaps not the best book for taking on a surf roadie, but the book really isn't wholly about sharks, although they get a mention. I am giving this one the thumbs up! Floaty Boy is an anti-hero among heroes for modern surfers, not just because he doesn't use a board (hence his name); but because he is an outsider, an independent soul = the essence of being a surfer. A cracking plot describes Floaty Boy's existence, his fights with his parents, particularly The Old Man, a sort of father who thinks of his son as a friend, but needs to think of him as his son. I can't speak highly enough of the descriptiveness of the language that D'Arcy has used. It seems as if you have travelled over the Tasman to be floating next to Floaty Boy, ready for the next wave, watchin' for them fins!