Under the Wave at Waimea

by Paul Theroux

Book Overview

"Theroux's work is like no one else's." -Francine Prose, New York Times Book Review From legendary writer Paul Theroux comes an atmospheric novel following a big-wave surfer as he confronts aging, privilege, mortality, and whose lives we choose to remember. Now in his sixties, big-wave surfer Joe Sharkey has passed his prime and is losing his "stoke." The younger surfers around the breaks on the north shore of Oahu still idolize the Shark, but his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0358446287
• ISBN13: 9780358446286
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"