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Tapping the Source

Kem Nunn

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People came to Huntington Beach in search of the endless party, the ultimate high and the perfect wave. Ike Tucker came to look for his sister and for the three men who may have murdered her. In that place of gilded surfers and sun-bleached blondes, Ike looked into the shadows and found parties that drifted towards pointless violence, joyless violations and highs you might never come down from… and a sea of old hatreds and dreams gone bad.

  • Reissue of this classic surf noir novel with striking new cover design
  • Author’s most recent novel, Chance, is now a major TV series starring Hugh Laurie and Gretchen Mol
  • The novel that inspired the film Point Break, starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves
  • For fans of The Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow, Breath by Tim Winton and Barbarian Days by William Finnegan
  • Screenwriter for film and television including John from Cincinnati, Deadwood and Sons of Anarchy

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Paperback

RRP: £6.99

ISBN: 9781842431573

Published: September 8, 2005

Extent: 300 pages

Ebook

RRP: £4.99

ISBN: 9780857302519

Published: August 22, 2018

Reviews

‘What Hemingway’s Nick Adams did for fishing, Kem Nunn does for surfing. Through the sensibility of its hero and the sensitivity of its author, Tapping the Source puts you there and makes you understand’

Saturday Review

‘Perhaps the ultimate beach read’

Scott H. Urban , Pif Magazine

‘If you missed it first time round, this is surely the book to take on a beach holiday’

Shots Mag

‘Tapping the Source is one of the great American noir novels’

Crime Fiction Lover

‘Tense and driven with a sense of the apocalypse around the corner’

Washington Post

Kem Nunn

Kem Nunn is a third-generation Californian whose previous novels include The Dogs of Winter, Pomona Queen, Unassigned Territory, and Tapping the Source, which was the basis of the film Point Break. Tijuana Straits won the Los Angeles Times Book Award. His latest novel, Chance, was recently made into a major TV series starring Hugh Laurie and Gretchen Mol. He lives in Southern California, where he also writes screenplays for television and film including John from Cincinnati, Deadwood and Sons of Anarchy.

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