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...

• 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"