Chasing Dean: Surfing America's Hurricane States

‘fresh, ingenous and honest – will inspire the urge to explore’ Huck
Magazine

‘There is a dark side to surfing as Tom Anderson brilliantly conveys…
Anderson is wise enough to admit that the surfing mentality is skewed to the
point of madness… seemingly random surf dude conversations about love and
death and the state of the atmosphere play out a philosophical debate
between hedonism and seriousness, science and soul… demonstrate[s] that
the archetypal surfer does not exist and that surfers may be weirdos but
they are weird in wonderfully unpredictable ways.’ The Daily Telegraph, June
13th, 2009

‘surfing is finally getting the literary tradition it deserves… Anderson
travels the Eastern US seaboard during hurricane season, chasing waves
created by Hurricane Dean… Anderson’s sharp and witty style, allied with a
poignant exploration of the nature of friendship, takes his second book into
contemporary Kerouac territory.’ The Times, June 6th, 2009

‘Part Moby Dick, part Perfect Storm… reads like a novel and has the potential to become a cult classic.’ –Real Travel, July 2009