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The Raw Shark Texts

A Novel

By Steven Hall

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| Paperback | 9781847671745

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The Raw Shark Texts, called “clever, playful . . . sharp and clear” by the Los Angeles Times and “a horror-dystopic-philosophical mash-up” by the New York Times Magazine, is a novel unlike any other. Eric Sanderson wakes up in a house one day with no ideContinue

The Raw Shark Texts, called “clever, playful . . . sharp and clear” by the Los Angeles Times and “a horror-dystopic-philosophical mash-up” by the New York Times Magazine, is a novel unlike any other. Eric Sanderson wakes up in a house one day with no idea who or where he is. Instructed by a mysterious note to visit a Dr. Randle, Eric learns that the agony of losing the love of his life in a scuba-diving accident three years before has destroyed his memory. 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.

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  • Fishy tales

    The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall 428pp, Canongate, £12.99 Steven Hall's debut opens, as so many novels seem to do these days, with a young amnesiac losing his memory after an unspecified traumatic event. Eric Sanderson wakes up in a flat with no id ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • The Raw Shark Texts By Steven Hall

    It makes perfect sense that 31-year-old British author Steven Hall's debut novel is all over the online publicity machine that is MySpace. The book itself challenges the traditional notion of how a novel works, so why shouldn't its marketing campaign ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Sun, 12 Sep 2010

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  • Intriguing premise, but it meanders in some places, is overwrought or heavy-handed in others, and doesn't really satisfy in the end, methinks. However, there are sufficient flashes of brilliance that I might seek this first-time novelist out again.

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