Rivers of the Sun

Rating:
Summary: Outlaw Tales
Review: I stumbled across this book during a recent trip to Hawai'i and fell in love with it. McPherson's semi-autobiographical narrator bears witness to the passing of a generation of "dinosaurs," a dissipated group of outlaw surfers, coral divers and dope dealers in Lahaina, Maui. There are few honest testaments from survivors of the late 70's. This one rang true to me. If you enjoyed Kem Nunn's "Tapping the Source," John Keeble's "Yellowfish," Rock Brynner's "The Ballad of Habit and Accident," or Allan Weisbecker's "In Search of Captain Zero," try this fascinating novel. It is a poignant document from a time and place now largely lost.

Rating:
Summary: Outlaw Tales
Review: I stumbled across this book during a recent trip to Hawai'i and fell in love with it. McPherson's semi-autobiographical narrator bears witness to the passing of a generation of "dinosaurs," a dissipated group of outlaw surfers, coral divers and dope dealers in Lahaina, Maui. There are few honest testaments from survivors of the late 70's. This one rang true to me. If you enjoyed Kem Nunn's "Tapping the Source," John Keeble's "Yellowfish," Rock Brynner's "The Ballad of Habit and Accident," or Allan Weisbecker's "In Search of Captain Zero," try this fascinating novel. It is a poignant document from a time and place now largely lost.