'As vivid as it is splendid' New York Times'Beautifully written and completely absorbing' Sarah
Moss Guardian A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE PEN HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT
NOVEL and SHORTLISTED FOR THE KITSCHIES GOLD TENTACLE AWARD A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR in the NEW
YORK TIMES GUARDIAN IRISH TIMES OPRAH MAGAZINE and BBC CULTURE 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. Sharks in the Time of Saviours 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.
