Travel Writing
Synopsis
Two childhood friends from small-town Wales meet in Miami for a summer road trip they've always dreamed of: to chase the swell of Hurricane Dean all the way up the US East Coast in search of once-in-a-lifetime surf. They embark on a hilarious journey of self-discovery and a travel experience like no other.
Mixing the humour of Sideways with the extreme conditions of The Perfect Storm, this new book by one of the UK's favourite new travel/surfing writers is a quirky travelogue destined to become a cult classic.
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'surfing is finally getting the literary tradition it deserves... Anderson travels the Eastern US seaboard during hurricane season, chasing waves created by Hurricane Dean... Anderson’s sharp and witty style, allied...
The Daily Telegraph, June 13th 2009
'There is a dark side to surfing as Tom Anderson brilliantly conveys... Anderson is wise enough to admit that the surfing mentality is skewed to the point of madness... seemingly...
'thoughtful and highly entertaining take on modern America, friendship, growing up and everything in between but also something much deeper. As he questions his pursuit of pleasure from something which...
St Christophers’ Inns Live Your Life ezine, July 2009
'the interplay between Tom and childhood pal Marc, demonstrates perfectly the spectrum of human emotion and experience... A niche read but a good one nonetheless.'
Tom Anderson's is more than an authentic voice of surfing, his is a fresh and vibrant voice of Welsh fiction.In his most recent novel Chasing Dean, he captures the essence...
Wavelength Surf Magazine, August 2009
'Tom’s writing style is well formed, the book is easy to read and carries you along... It’s a very honest book... unpretentious and entertaining... if you liked Riding the Magic...
Pitpilot (British surfing magazine) August 2009
'After getting hooked on Tom's previous book, ‘Riding the Magic Carpet’, I was frothing to read his latest, although slightly concerned it would be about chasing some boy. In fact,...
'A funny piece of travel writing, which will stoke the wanderlust.'
ExtremeHorizon Surf Blog, September 1st 2009
'as I enjoyed this author’s first publication “Riding the Magic Carpet”, I was looking forward to reading and reviewing his latest work, “Chasing Dean – Surfing America’s Hurricane States”... the...
Driftsurfing.eu website, July 5th 2009
'Tom Anderson is fast becoming a major writing voice of his generation... the humour in Anderson’s voice keeps the pages turning as he covers issues ranging from growing up and...
Sheenaghpugh.livejournal.com – blog, 14th June 2009
'This is an odyessy of two friends... with an aim: to travel America’s east coast hoping for the perfect surfing waves created by a hurricane swell... Hoping for a category...
babylonwales.blogspot.com, 18th June 2009
'Something as seemingly mundane as the weather is impressively transformed by Anderson into a source of compelling interest... The relationship between the two surfers develops nicely during the course of...
‘great writing.’
'this book is not just a travel book and not just a surfer book. I know nothing of surfing, but thoroughly enjoyed the original and descriptive writing. I highly recommend...
Cowbridge Gem, 22nd October 2009
'he [Tom Anderson] is one to watch... travel and surfing but with a dash of social conscience thrown in... vivid pieces of travel writing... there is a great deal that...
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