Sharks in the Time of Saviours

<p><b>'As vivid as it is splendid'<i> New York Times</i><br>'Beautifully written and completely absorbing' Sarah Moss <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><b>WINNER OF THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL and </b><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE KITSCHIES GOLD TENTACLE AWARD</b><br><b>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR in the <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> <i>GUARDIAN</i><i> IRISH TIMES</i> <i>OPRAH MAGAZINE </i>and BBC CULTURE</b><br><br>At seven years old Nainoa falls into the sea and a shark takes him in its jaws - only to return him unharmed to his parents. For the next thirty years Noa and his siblings struggle with life in the shadow of this miracle.<br><br><i>Sharks in the Time of Saviours</i> is a brilliantly original and inventive novel the sweeping story of a family living in poverty among the remnants of Hawai'i's mythic past and the wreckage of the American dream.</p>