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Kem Nunn

    January 1, 1948

    Kem Nunn crafts novels often labeled "surf noir," characterized by dark themes, political undertones, and settings steeped in the surfing world. His work delves into the undercurrents of human experience, offering a distinctive voice that captures the spirit of California. Nunn's narratives are known for their gritty realism and unflinching exploration of complex characters. He brings a unique perspective, shaped by his own deep connection to the ocean and its culture.

    Wo Legenden sterben
    Chance
    Unassigned Territory
    Tapping The Source
    The Dogs Of Winter
    Share My Life
    • 2023

      From Grammy-nominated artist, Kem, comes SHARE MY LIFE, a remarkable memoir tracing his transformative journey from homelessness to lauded artist.

      Share My Life
    • 2017

      Unassigned Territory

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Praised by Publishers Weekly as "intriguing and funny," this "desert noir" traces an evangelical's spiritual journey across the Mojave Desert and his encounters with a restless girl and an extraterrestrial relic.

      Unassigned Territory
    • 2014

      Chance

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.2(851)Add rating

      From the LA Times Book Prize-winning author comes a suspenseful and mind-bending novel about Eldon Chance, a forensic neuropsychiatrist at the end of his rope - now a Hulu TV series starring Hugh Laurie and Gretchen Moi. Chance is a dark story about psychiatric mystery, sexual obsession, fractured identities, and terrifyingly realistic violence; a tale told amid the back streets of California's Bay Area, far from the cleansing breezes of the ocean. Dr. Eldon Chance, a neuropsychiatrist, is a man primed for spectacular ruin. Into his blighted life walks Jaclyn Blackstone, the abused, attractive wife of an Oakland homicide detective seemingly suffering from a dissociative identity disorder. In time, Chance will fall into bed with her; or is it her alter ego, the voracious and volatile Jackie Black? The not-so-good doctor, despite his training, isn't quite sure and soon finds himself up against her husband, Raymond, a formidable and dangerous adversary. Meanwhile, Chance also meets a young man named D, a self-styled, streetwise philosopher skilled in the art of the blade. Around this trio of unique and dangerous individuals, long-guarded secrets begin to unravel, obsessions grow, and the doctor's carefully arranged life comes to the brink of implosion. Chance is a twisted, harrowing, and impossible-to-put-down head trip through the funhouse of fate; it's not pretty, it's not sweet, but it is disturbing and unforgettable.

      Chance
    • 1998

      Tapping The Source

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.8(93)Add rating

      People came to Huntington Beach in search of the endless party, the ultimate high and the perfect wave. Ike Tucker came to look for his sister and for the three men who may have murdered her. In that place of gilded surfers and sun-bleached blondes, Ike looked into the shadows and found parties that drifted towards pointless violence, joyless violations and highs you might never come down from and a sea of old hatreds and dreams gone bad.

      Tapping The Source
    • 1998

      The Dogs Of Winter

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.1(835)Add rating

      Heart Attacks is California's last secret spot - the premier mysto surf haunt, the stuff of rumour and legend. The rumours say you must cross Indian land to get there. They tell of hostile locals and shark-infested waters where waves in excess of thirty feet break a mile from shore. For down-and-out photographer Jack Fletcher, the chance to shoot these waves in the company of surfing legend Drew Harmon offers the promise of new beginnings. But Drew is not alone in the northern reaches of the state.

      The Dogs Of Winter