The Raw Shark Texts

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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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• English Books
• Others 446 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1921351225
• ISBN-13: 9781921351228
• Publisher: Text Publishing
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2008
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, llibres en català, Libri Italiani, Nederlandse Boeken

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