false 144800 19 Eric Sanderson wakes up in a house one day with no idea who or where he is. A note instructs him to see a Dr. Randle immediately, who informs him that he is undergoing yet another episode of acute memory loss that is a symptom of his severe dissociative disorder. Eric's been in Dr. Randle's care for two years — since the tragic death of his great love, Clio, while the two vacationed in the Greek islands. But there may be more to the story, or it may be a different story altogether. As Eric begins to examine letters and papers left in the house by "the first Eric Sanderson," a staggeringly different explanation for what is happening to Eric emerges, and he and the reader embark on a quest to recover the truth and escape the remorseless predatory forces that threatens to devour him. The Raw Shark Texts is a kaleidoscopic novel about the magnitude of love and the devastating effect of losing that love. It will dazzle you, it will move you, and will leave an indelible imprint like nothing you have read in a long time. 938197 10 4 2007 The Raw Shark Texts total:2047|5:554|4:739|3:496|2:176|1:81| 2047 7648 3154 586 5 4 false false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 09:07:18 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 09:53:56 -0700 2008
This whole genre of stuffy British dudes who find themselves unwillingly going on adventures and discovering that there's more to them than just being pasty and flustered.

And, yeah, it's a genre. There's TONS of books with that same damn plot. Thing is,...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Aug 20 10:12:12 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 19:31:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 19:33:21 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 20:47:45 -0700 2008 Remainder by Tom McCarthy: debut novels from the UK by men taking on conceptual literary frameworks. Their work isn't influenced by film so much as engaged by the medium itself. It's certainly not for everyone. In fact, I hated Remainder for the first few months after reading. B...more...]]> 5 2 false true Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 20:08:51 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 10:18:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Jun 13 13:56:45 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 14 13:25:51 -0700 2009 The Raw Shark Texts is an incendiary word bomb of conceptual fish, a mad world hungry pseudo immortal, movie geekdom, Greek tragedy and cats with mundane names.

To say there is something lacking in Steven Hall's first novel seems unfair and trite, but I can't s...more...]]> 2 3 false true Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 15:05:29 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 19:55:29 -0700 2008
Still reading...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 03:58:01 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 19 07:17:59 -0700 2009 I found a copy of the UK version of this book in a used book store the other day and it prompted me to re-read it.
This book is so brilliant it's unbelievable. Reading it a second time brought out, in my mind anyway, what is really going on with this book. I'm truly amazed...more...]]> 5 1 false true Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 13:50:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 04:13:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 07:08:46 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 12:33:14 -0700 2008
I picked up The Raw Shark Texts this past weekend - not sure if I wanted to tackle something this long since I'm still trying to catch up to a good "38 in '08" pace - and I swear it was like disappearing off the face of the earth for two days. I can't remember the l...more...]]> 1 3 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 23:07:48 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 23:07:59 -0700 2007 The Celestine Prophecy -which I did many, many moons ago- only without the ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 19:42:07 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 21:19:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false true Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 14:19:35 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 14:33:20 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 1 2 false false Sun Jun 01 01:43:45 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 13 15:19:36 -0700 2009
Steven Hall is inspired. Writes a brilliant one hundred pages of an unfinished novel. The first hundred pages of 'The Raw Shark Texts' are truly a great read, hinting at something avant-garde, something page-turning in...more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 08:03:04 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 15:02:15 -0700 2008 know a character is a direct stand-in for the author? Take this book, for example. I simply could not shake the feeling that the narrator--a sadsack, lonely guy pining over the loss of his great and perfect love--is pretty much the absolute alter-e...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 20 15:31:16 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 20 15:31:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 17:55:26 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 18:04:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 09:21:10 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 11:20:07 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 17:24:05 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 12:21:12 -0700 2008
He has, at least 3 sensational ide...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jun 27 15:18:43 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 08 07:41:16 -0700 2008 One of teh more original pieces of fiction i've read in quite some time.

This is a book not everyone will love but everyone should read. I need to read it again just to brush up on wh...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 13 05:21:08 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 10 05:15:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1384246