Tuesday, March 06, 2007

The Raw Shark Texts

This book has some of the most strangely intriguing book reviews I've ever read. It apparently was a hit at the London Book Fair and has a 125,000 first printing.


From Kirkus: "If Paul Auster and Haruki Murakami collaborated on Moby-Dick crossed with The Wizard of Oz, they might produce something like Hall’s deliriously ambitious debut..."


From PW: "...a cerebral page-turner that pits corporeal man against metaphysical sharks that devour memory and essence...a fast-moving cyberpunk mashup of Jaws, Memento and sappy romance that's destined for the big screen."

1 comment:

Jackie Parker said...

Yeah, I'm going to make sure that my library orders this. If just so I can take a closer look at it.