Very entertaining novel with a surf setting in SoCal

I'll see if it's at my local library, I'm a bookworm, need something that's entertaining but not too heavy thinking. I was a big fan of Elmore Leonard and Stephen King for fun reading, Tom Clancy too, but have gone through a bunch in my lifetime. I think I've heard of Don Winslow, never read anything by him, thanks Betty!!

 

I think I'm going to check this out when I finish the book I'm currently reading, "A Stranger in A Strange Place" (the uncut version)

 

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Just finished Visions of Cody. it is Kerouac's character study of Neil Cassidy. The writing style is true beat. goes from free form to transcript and back again. Took a while for me to get through it and read some books in between (found a bunch of Ken Follet paper backs and went through them) but it's worth a go if you like anything out of the Duluoz Legend or other beat stuff.

I like John Irving and King's stuff. The whole dark tower Rose in the Keyhole stuff still gets me.

thanks for the recommends I'll look inti them

 

heard, ordered a copy of In Search of Captain Zero a week ago. Not crazy bout fictional reads, but this past year was a bit of a bust on the summer read material. Will chalk these suggestions up

 

Captain zero is real life

 

Peajay , Allen and reality blends truth , fiction and a lot of good BS. A talented writer , smuggler and add in a dose of insanity . The sinking of stolen Florida Yachts off Montauk , screwing the locals , using Lear jets , having the CG follow u as u scuttle your ship is way more interesting .

 

I'm guessing this is old news, but "Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life" By William Finnegan is a good read. Its about his (surfing) life, and man he's lived quite a life. From a shat-upon haole teenager in Hawaii to working the surfpunk bars in Sidney, to big cold water in San Francisco. I really liked it.

 

My nephew that just visited has been road tripping for months, inspired by Kerouac, even went to the his grave in Lowell, Mass. before stopping by.I Still haven't read Visions yet, always loved Dharma Bums, almost as much as On The Road. He is a big Bukowski fan like myself, so it was awesome turning him on stuff like Henry Miller who he never heard of ( the youth these days), and Vonnegut for light reading, lol.
Sometimes you can't beat the greats though, read Hemingways Islands In The Stream and Steinbecks The Moon Is Down this summer, awesome stuff.

 

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Good read! So was Captain Zero. I'll have to check out the others mentioned on this here thread. And "The Island of Sea Women" will be a good one for my crazy merwife.

Too busy to read novels lately, so I take a copy of Philip Wylie's "Crunch & Des" with me to the beach - Classic Stories of Saltwater Fishing - a collection of great short stories about the Gulfstream Docks in Miami in the 1940s. Stories about the fantastic bill fishing, and the rich tourists, and the local ner' do wells. I take it to the beach with me to escape my crew of knothead kooks while looking out at the ocean and the sleek Viking sportfishing yachts heading out the inlet to the Gulfstream, only a few miles from the beach. Tight lines!

 

I liked it too.. very entertaining. If you haven't seen the documentary Magic Trip you really need to check it out. It's about the merry pranksters trip, using footage from the journey, told by people who were there. It is priceless just for all the footage of Neal Cassidy.

 

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LOL, pun fully intended, nice WBF

 

Surfing is really entertainment and i love to be surfing in all the events

 

I am very excited when I am surfing and love to be on the ocean.

 

Surfing is interesting novel and I love to read this type of books.

 

Oh boy.... Anyone???