The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld

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  • The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld Book Detail

  • Author : Justin Hocking
  • Release Date : 2014-02-11
  • Publisher : Graywolf Press
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 302
  • ISBN 13 : 1555970877
  • File Size : 12,12 MB
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The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld by Justin Hocking PDF Summary

Book Description: Surfing in Far Rockaway, romantic obsession, and Moby-Dick converge in this winning and refreshing memoir Justin Hocking lands in New York hopeful but adrift—he's jobless, unexpectedly overwhelmed and disoriented by the city, struggling with anxiety and obsession, and attempting to maintain a faltering long-distance relationship. As a man whose brand of therapy has always been motion, whether in a skate park or on a snowdrift, Hocking needs an outlet for his restlessness. Then he spies his first New York surfer hauling a board to the subway, and its not long before he's a member of the vibrant and passionate surfing community at Far Rockaway. But in the wake of a traumatic robbery incident, the dark undercurrents of his ocean-obsession pull him further and further out on his own night sea journey. With Moby-Dick as a touchstone, and interspersed with interludes on everything from the history of surfing to Scientology's naval ties to the environmental impact of the Iraq War, The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld is a multifaceted and enduring modern odyssey from a memorable and whip-smart new literary voice.

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