ALF Series

Steven Hall: The Raw Shark Texts (Gehaaid)
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About The Event

The evening with Steven Hall has been organised in collaboration with Ambo|Anthos publishers and the Amsterdam Literary Festival, as part of the ALF Series. Hall will be interviewed by freelance journalist Pip Farquharson, followed by a Q&A session with the public and a book signing. Athenaeum bookstore will be selling copies of both the Dutch (Gehaaid) and English version (The Raw Shark Texts) at the Amstelkerk on the evening. As always, the bar at the Amstelkerk will be open before and after the talk for inexpensive wine, beer, tea and coffee.

Reservations

Please reserve using the form on the right. You can pay for your tickets with cash at the Amstelkerk on the night.

About Steven Hall

Steven Hall was born in Derbyshire in 1975. After completing a Fine Arts degree at Sheffield Hallam University, he became one of the founding members of Manchester's WetNana and has produced a number of plays, music videos, conceptual art pieces and short stories. His Stories for a Phone Book appeared in the Picador/British Council Anthology for New Writing 13 in 2005. He lives in Hull, England.

About The Raw Shark Texts (Gehaaid)

Eric Sanderson wakes up in a place he doesn¹t recognise, unable to remember who he is. Attacked by a force he cannot see and confronted with memories he cannot ignore, Eric discovers he is being hunted by a psychic predator, a shark. This creature may exist only in his mind, but it soon starts making some very real appearances in his world. Loaded with letters from his past self, each signed 'With regret and also hope, The First Eric Sanderson', Eric embarks on a quest to recover his life. A love story. An adventure. A psychological drama. This wild, touching, modern tale is cut through with an understated humour and warmth. The depths of love, language, memory and the inevitability of loss have never been plumbed with such deep-hearted imagination.

'Fast, sexy, intriguing, intelligent – The Raw Shark Texts is all these and more: a cult waiting to happen, a blockbuster begging to be made. Steven Hall is a truly fantastic storyteller. Investigate, now!' Toby Litt

'Steven Hall has created a novel which is at once a brain-warping thriller, a tear-prompting love story, and a one-way trip into the dangerous waters of the mind. This is Moby Dick meets Jorge Luis Borges by way of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The result is a fast, sharp-toothed work of genius. An instant classic.' Matt Haig

More information

www.gehaaid.nu

www.rawsharktexts.com

www.steven-hall.co.uk

www.myspace.com/stevenhallbooks

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