Sea Otters Gambolling In The Wild, Wild Surf - Softcover

Bennett, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099490730 ISBN 13: 9780099490739

Publisher: Vintage, 2006

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Felix is bored and stressed. Stressed about his exam results. Stressed about working for that mad old bat Mrs Pretzel. Stressed about his future. Plus, he's feeling super-guilty about what just happened to Mrs P's spaniel, Vespasian. Which might be why he's just stolen his mother's cash card and booked a flight to Hong Kong. Or it might have something to do with what he just found in the permanent clearance sale at 'The House of Ming'.

Sea Otters Gambolling in the Wild, Wild Surf is the story of where Felix's curiosity takes him; on a journey that challenges his preconceptions about the world, his plans for the future and his relationships with his family.

Will he get home before his little sister discovers what he's up to? What'll happen to Vespasian? Will his mother ground him for the rest of his life? Will he get the passes he needs to get into University? And what's any of this got to do with otters?

Whatever!

About this title

Product Description:

The story of where Felix's curiosity takes him, to Hong Kong, Tokyo, San Francisco; on a journey that challenges his preconceptions about the world, his plans for the future and his relationships with his family. Will he get home before his little sister discovers what he's up to?

Review:

"Funny, original, stylish, hip, contemporary, funny, daring, entertaining, brilliant...Full of energy, life and laughter...If Murakami was British and into otters he might have produced something like this" (Ben Rice)

"The book has true cult potential...A truly original coming of age tale with bestseller written all over it" (Sarah, Broadhurst Bookseller)

"Unforgettable and brilliantly written" (Daily Express)

"A fast-moving romp" (Glasgow Herald)

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0099490730
• ISBN 13: 9780099490739
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272