Signed by the author on the title page, with a presentation inscription to a named individual. Clean and bright; a bump at the head edge has caused short tears at the top edge of the dust jacket and tearing and belling at the head edges of the hard cover; there is also some softening and crimping at the spine heel; otherwise attractive, the jacket now protected in a clear sleeve.; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Surf Guru

Publisher

Riverhead Books

Publication Date

2010

Language

English

ISBN 10

1594487618

ISBN 13

9781594487613

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition; First Printing.

Condition

Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Good

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A volume of stories by the PEN/Hemingway Award runner-up author of Alive in Necropolis features such protagonists as an aging surfing champion who meditates on the sport's new generation, an acerbic botanist who draws uproarious biographical sketches and two drifters who share misadventures from their dilapidated car.

About the Author

Doug Dorst is the author of three books, most recently the novel S, which he co-authored with J. J. Abrams. He is the author of the novel Alive in Necropolis, which was honored as San Francisco�s 2009 One City One Book selection and as a runner-up for the 2009 PEN/Hemingway, Shirley Jackson, and IAFA/Crawford Awards, and a short story collection, The Surf Guru. His stories have appeared in McSweeney�s, Ploughshares, ZYZZYVA, and other journals. A graduate of the Iowa Writers� Workshop and a three-time Jeopardy! champion, Dorst lives in Austin and teaches writing at Texas State University in San Marcos.

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