{"product_id":"under-the-wave-at-waimea-isbn-9780358697381","title":"Under The Wave At Waimea","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Theroux’s work is like no one else’s.” –Francine Prose, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 sponsors are looking elsewhere. One night, while driving home from a bar after one too many, Joe accidentally kills a stranger near Waimea, a tragedy that sends his life out of control. As the repercussions of the accident spiral ever wider, Joe’s devoted girlfriend Olive throws herself into uncovering the dead man’s identity and helping Joe find vitality and refuge in the waves again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set in the lush, gritty underside of an island paradise readers rarely see, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Wave at Waimea\u003c\/i\u003e offers a dramatic, affecting commentary on privilege, mortality, and the lives we choose to remember. It is a masterstroke by one of the greatest writers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“For a generation of backpackers now gone gray, the tattered paperback accounts of [Paul Theroux's] treks through China, Africa and South America were a prod to adventure, bibles of inspiration under many a mosquito net.”  —\u003cstrong\u003eGal Beckerman for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Incantatory, ecstatic, hypnotic...One of Theroux’s best novels.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e  “Immersive…[Theroux’s] fans will appreciate the perfectly rendered exotic setting, which takes the reader deep inside the Hawaiian surf culture.”  —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e    “Devotees of Kem Nunn's \u003cem\u003eTapping the Source\u003c\/em\u003e who have been searching for the next great surfing novel need search no more. In flowing, lyrical prose, Theroux celebrates the sheer individualistic exhilaration of riding waves.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e   “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.” \u003cstrong\u003e—William Finnegan, author of \u003cem\u003eBarbarian Days\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890330759397,"sku":"NP9780358697381","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780358697381.jpg?v=1730233049","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/under-the-wave-at-waimea-isbn-9780358697381","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}