The Surf Guru

Dorst, Doug

ISBN 10: 1594487618 / ISBN 13: 9781594487613

Published by Riverhead Hardcover, 2010

About this Item

Signed. First Edition. Signed by author on title page. A nice copy. Clean text, solid binding. First printing. Almost near fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Surf Guru
• Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594487618
• ISBN 13: 9781594487613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

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.