TY  - BOOK
AU  - Theroux, Paul,
TI  - Under the wave at Waimea
SN  - 9780358446286
AV  - PS3570.H4 U53 2021
U1  - 813/.54 23
PY  - 2021///.
CY  - Boston
PB  -  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 
KW  - Surfers
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Surfing
KW  - Aging
KW  - Drunk driving
KW  - Manslaughter
KW  - Waimea Bay (Oahu, Hawaii)
KW  - Self-realization
KW  - sears
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
N2  - "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"--; From legendary writer Paul Theroux comes an atmospheric novel following a big-wave surfer as he confronts privilege, mortality, and the 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 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. Set in the lush, gritty underside of an island paradise readers rarely see, Under the Wave at Waimea offers a dramatic, affecting commentary on fame, aging, and an uncertain fate. It is a masterstroke by one of the greatest writers of our time
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