Really excellent non-fiction- Casey mixes shipping reports, extreme surfers, physicists, and what must have been a ton of research into an un-put-down-able book. I can't believe the access she got to so many of who must be very busy people- Lloyd's of London meteorologists, surfer Laird Hamilton, ship captains, and more. The 100 foot waves are out there, and she made the chase of them seem like the most exciting thing in the world. One funny thing, too- in a surprising find, the book release party for this made the back page of W magazine- and while Hamilton is front and center in the photos, along with Ralph Lauren (why?) and a smattering of socialites, neither the author or the physicists are photographed, or even mentioned. :(
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