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The Surf Guru (2010)

by Doug Dorst(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1594487618 (ISBN13: 9781594487613)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Riverhead Hardcover

review 1: This book was given to me as a gift from a friend who had not read it yet herself but had heard many good things about it. Well I have to say I had never heard of the book and knew nothing of what it was about, but having said that, I thoroughly enjoyed this book from cover to cover. The book contains 12 short stories, all of which are good in their own right. I specifically enjoyed 2 stories above all the others but the remaining 10 were entertaining and interesting as well. A good read for sure.
review 2: I'm beginning to think that one has to be a bit leery of listening to Goodreads authors when selecting books to read. This isn't the first time I've been disappointed by rave reviews. Dorst's short stories can be fine "Splitters" is funny, dark and clever bu... moret for the most part the rest of the collection is just boring, certainly not "Daring and big-hearted" Robin Romm, "Virtuosic, wildly original and frequently hilarious", Julie Orringer, or "utterly unique and visionary" Dan Chaon. Oh, well what do I know I'm just a reader. less

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