White Foam (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Further Publishing, 2026
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Paperback. Shortlisted for Hachette Publishing's Richell PrizeAfter a suspension from his university job, twenty-eight-year-old Marc leaves Canada for the Australian coast, hoping six weeks beside the ocean will quiet the dissatisfaction that has followed him for years.Instead, he witnesses a freak wave claim the lives of two young people.What begins as an accident quickly unsettles the small town of Mooringa. As grief spreads through the community, long-standing resentments and racial tensions rise to the surface. Though no one accuses Marc directly, he becomes increasingly entangled in the lives of the families left behind-and in the question he cannot escape: could he have done more?As guilt gives way to obsession, Marc's careful emotional distance begins to fracture. The town people demand certainty where none exists, while Marc discovers that refusing to act is itself a choice.Set against the beauty and violence of the Australian coastline, White Foam is a literary suspense and coming of age novel exploring responsibility, belonging and the uneasy feeling between innocence and complicity.Perfect for readers of Tim Winton, Ian McEwan, Christos Tsiolkas, Richard Flanagan, Albert Camus, J.M. Coetzee and Michel Houellebecq, White Foam explores guilt, belonging, alienation, masculinity, shame, anger, and the moral cost of remaining a witness. It is a novel about forgiveness and what we owe each other after tragedy-and the price of avoiding ourselves. The past will find us, no matter how far we run or how well we hide. A young man visits a quiet Australian surf town seeking escape from life. He witnesses a drowning and must decide whether doing nothing can ever be morally neutral. Then people start looking for him. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
Seller Inventory # 9781763531444
- Title
- White Foam (Paperback)
- Author
- Yannick W. Thoraval
- Publisher
- Further Publishing
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1763531449
- ISBN 13
- 9781763531444
Shortlisted for Hachette Publishing's Richell Prize
After a suspension from his university job, twenty-eight-year-old Marc leaves Canada for the Australian coast, hoping six weeks beside the ocean will quiet the dissatisfaction that has followed him for years. Instead, he witnesses a freak wave claim the lives of two young people.What begins as an accident quickly unsettles the small town of Mooringa. As grief and suspicion spreads through the community, long-standing resentments and racial tensions rise to the surface. Though no one accuses Marc directly, he becomes increasingly entangled in the lives of the families left behind-and in the question he cannot escape:
could he have done more?
As guilt gives way to obsession, Marc's careful emotional distance begins to fracture. The town people demand certainty where none exists, while Marc discovers that refusing to act is itself a choice.
Set against the beauty and violence of the Australian coastline, White Foam is a literary suspense and coming of age novel exploring responsibility, belonging and the uneasy feeling between innocence and complicity.
Perfect for readers of Tim Winton, Ian McEwan, Christos Tsiolkas, Richard Flanagan, Albert Camus, J.M. Coetzee and Michel Houellebecq, White Foam explores guilt, belonging, alienation, masculinity, shame, anger, and the moral cost of remaining a witness. It is a novel about forgiveness and what we owe each other after tragedy, and the price of avoiding ourselves. The past will find us, no matter how far we run or how well we hide.
"Fiercely complex, utterly compelling and ideologically switched-on, White Foam is that rare gem of a novel: incisive socio-cultural analysis dressed up as a page-turner.
The novel exposes how male disenfranchisement is a product of the poly crisis of white-supremacist capitalism, neoliberalism, patriarchy and masculinity.”
– Tim Loveday
Author of your father was a bastard
“Yannick Thoraval takes us inside the mind of a young person grappling with how to be a man in a world where masculinity is deeply, darkly contested. Suspenseful, thought-provoking, and viscerally involving.”
– Sian Prior
Author of Shy: a memoir
“With exquisite prose, literary sophistication and universal relatability, Yannick Thoraval illuminates the loneliness, isolation and anger that can shape men's lives. Both a compelling novel and a work of genuine social insight, White Foam reminds us that these struggles touch not only strangers but also our fathers, brothers, sons and neighbours, making it an urgent and important read for our times.'
– Dr Rachel Matthews
Author of Never Look Desperate
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