Shark Song

A surreal surfari

Surfer, road tripper, white knight or gay – Ajax doesn’t know who he is. Until he meets Kel. Caught in the undertow of her storm-ripped past, he sets off on an epic adventure. Will he crash and burn or find the truth?

Is this book for you?

Reviewers had a love-hate relationship with this book. So it’s safe to say you’ll either love it or hate it. Most agreed that this book burns bright with a big oceanic story that’s opulently told. See what you think.

Details

Random House, Vintage – 1998

  • ISBN 9780091834272 (paperback) – out of print

2nd edition eBook – 2014

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Few can come near Carolin Window when she is writing at her best. One gets the impression that she might flame, or at least smoulder, while at work. There’s a brightness, a wildness in her prose that suggests something other than human.
— SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
 

 
Carolin Window has a camcorder eye.
— AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW
 

 
[An] ambitious tapestry of symbolism, Polynesian legend, mysticism, mystery and dreams woven in with sexuality, seduction, surfing, seafaring and the cynicisms and confusions of youth. Oh, and love, drugs, travel, the quest for truth ...
— THE AUSTRALIAN
 

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