The Raw Shark Texts

Science Fiction by Steven Hall

Blurb

The Raw Shark Texts is the debut novel by author Steven Hall, released in 2007. The book was released by Canongate Books in the US and the UK and published by HarperCollins in Canada. The title is a play on "Rorschach Tests", which are inkblot tests. The novel is a work of Meta-fiction which uses Concrete poetry, linguistic jokes and cultural references. It is the story of an amnesiac re-discovering his past life through a surreal collection of clues he has left himself while evading a steampunk villain and the shark of the title.

First Published

2007

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sam.thompson

Sam.thompson

Tied with House of Leaves for craziest book I've ever read. I have no idea how to begin to describe it. It is an acid trip for a bibliophile.

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