Barbarian Days takes us deep into unfamiliar worlds, some of them right under our noses-off the coasts of New York and San Francisco. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a distinguished writer and war reporter. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa.
Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. To initiates, it is something else: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. " -The New York Times Magazineīarbarian Days is William Finnegan's memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. "Without a doubt, the finest surf book I've ever read. Included in President Obama's 2016 Summer Reading List Description **Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography**
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