West of Jesus: Surfing, Science, And the Origin of Belief - Hardcover

Kotler, Steven

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1596910518 ISBN 13: 9781596910515

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2006

Synopsis

The author of The Angle Quickest for Flight shares his spiritual quest in search of the ultimate sport of surfing in the wake of a devastating bout with Lyme disease, detailing his three-year surfing odyssey around the world in search of a mysterious legend about a mystical surfer with the power to control the weather.

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Review:

"A raffish intercontinental quest for a priceless manuscript...It's hip, literary, and poetic yet down-to-earth, with plenty of good story and brimming with sense of place...

About the Author:

Steven Kotler’s novel The Angle Quickest for Flight was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller and won the William L. Crawford IAFA Fantasy Award. His nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, National Geographic, Details, Wired, Men’s Journal, Maxim, Salon, and elsewhere. He has surfed all over the world and lives in Los Angeles, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1596910518
• ISBN 13: 9781596910515
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 261