# The Life

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- Authors: [Malcolm Knox](https://www.bookquiver.com/malcolm-knox)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2012-05-01

## Description

He looked into the Pacific and the Pacific looked back into him. Now bloated and paranoid, former champion surfer and legend Dennis Keith is holed up in a retirement village, trying not to think about the waves he’d made his own and the breaks he once ruled like a god. Years before he’d been robbed of the world title that had his name on it – and then drugs, his family, and the disappearance of his girlfriend had done the rest. Out of the blue, a young would-be biographer comes knocking and stirs up memories he thought he’d buried. It takes Dennis a while to realise that she’s not there to write his story at all. Funny, heartbreaking and humane, The Life confirms what the Literary Review has known all along – ‘Knox is, quite simply, a fabulous writer.’

## Editions

### The Life

- Publisher: allen_unwin
- ISBN: 978-17-4237-761-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2012-05-01
- Language: en_GB