Product Description

Eric Sanderson wakes up in a place he doesn't recognise, unable to remember who he is. Attacked by a force he cannot see and confronted with memories he cannot ignore, Eric discovers he is being hunted by a psychic predator, a shark. This creature may exist only in his mind, but it soon starts making some very real appearances in his world. Loaded with letters from his past self, each signed 'With regret and also hope, The First Eric Sanderson', Eric embarks on a quest to recover his life. A love story; an adventure; a psychological drama - this wild, touching, modern tale is cut through with an understated humour and warmth. The depths of love, language, memory and the inevitability of loss have never been plumbed with such deep-hearted imagination. It isn't all coming back to me. I don't know any of this at all. I felt that pricking horror, the one that comes when you realise the extent of something bad - if you're dangerously lost or you've made some terrible mistake - the reality of the situation creeping in through the back of your head like some pantomime Dracula. I did not know who I was. I did not know where I was. That simple. That frightening.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9372 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Review
"'Fast, sexy, intriguing, intelligent - The Raw Shark Texts is all these and more: a cult waiting to happen, a blockbuster begging to be made. Steven Hall is a truly fantastic storyteller. Investigate, now!' TOBY LITT 'The bastard love-child of The Matrix, Jaws and The Da Vinci Code.' MARK HADDON"

Toby Litt
"Fast, sexy, intriguing, intelligent - a cult waiting to happen, a
blockbuster begging to be made. Investigate, now!"

Al Alvarez
"A great debut - clever, funny, touching, strange and highly
original."

Customer Reviews

Wonderful.
This book really wasn't what I expected, but it had me hooked straight away, and sucked me right in. Very original, witty, and sad, and moving. I don't want to risk spoilers, so I'll just say this is a must read (and I'm a big fan of Ian the cat).

Two times around
I'm reading this book the second time around (first the original, and now the danish translation) -- and wow! You really should read this book at least 2 times. It is a totally entaining and thought provoking book. Madness looms, it shows you what the mind is capable of creating, it shows you what profound sorrow is.
And best of all, it is interspersed with an endearing humør. What an accomplishment!

2.5
Too much hyperbole took the teeth out of this original idea. Couple of interesting 'visual' word experiments but clunky dynamic between the love interest mars. Good promise, unjustified pre-hype equal's 2.5 on my ( clearly ) highly subjective ratings system.