Eric Sanderson is jolted awake one morning to discover that he does not know who or where he is. All that he has to cling to is a series of letters and packages - which he is warned not to open - signed 'with regret and hope' from the First Eric Sanderson. Attacked in his own home by a force he cannot see and memories he cannot ignore - including those of a perfect love now lost - Eric tears open the parcels and discovers he is being relentlessly pursued by a shark that may exist only in his mind, but which stalks him through the flows and streams of language and human interaction.
Hunting the answers as he is hunted, Eric is led on a journey that will either bring the First Eric Sanderson back to life or destroy both Eric Sandersons forever.
A daring and unique novel that confronts readers with literary hieroglyphs as well as an intensely original story, The Raw Shark Texts plumbs the depths and dangers of language, the fluidity of memory and the bittersweet ripples of loss.
