Floaty-boy lives in a Western Australian coastal town, where the surf is great, the economy is dire and his home life is tricky. His dad's a surfing legend but has no interest in growing up, his mum's trying to deal with his dad and a baby, and his older brother's run off somewhere-probably in search of a wave. And there's something going on with Floaty-boy. He's on the kind of medication that can numb a person and his view of the world isn't like anyone else's. The water helps, especially swimming at night. When the sharks do.
This may be sounding a little Tim Winton-esque, but critic Peter Pierce, writing in Australian Book Review in 2003 when the novel was first published, suggests it's more 'Tim Winton on speed'. The Mindless Ferocity of Sharks won the Western Australian Premier's Award for fiction in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Award the following year. Film rights are currently under option.
This may be sounding a little Tim Winton-esque, but critic Peter Pierce, writing in Australian Book Review in 2003 when the novel was first published, suggests it's more 'Tim Winton on speed'. The Mindless Ferocity of Sharks won the Western Australian Premier's Award for fiction in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Award the following year. Film rights are currently under option.
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