In 1996, Allan Weisbecker sold his home and his possessions, loaded his dog and surfboards into his truck, and set off in search of his longtime friend and surfing companion, Christopher, who had vanished into the depths of Central America. In this rollicking memoir of his quest from Mexico to Costa Rica to unravel the circumstances of Christopher’s disappearance, Weisbecker intimately describes the people he befriended, the bandits he evaded, and the waves he caught and lost en route to finding his friend. Along the way, he shares hilarious stories of his adventures with Christopher in their carefree youth as globetrotting, pot-dealing beach bums. A tale of lost innocence and enduring friendship, In Search of Captain Zero is a trip unlike any other.
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"Tremendous read. From Montauk to the southern tip of mainland Mexico, Weisbecker lives the escape every surfer wants to make but lacks the commitment to actually embark on. " — Billy (5 out of 5 stars)
"Tremendous read. From Montauk to the southern tip of mainland Mexico, Weisbecker lives the escape every surfer wants to make but lacks the commitment to actually embark on. "
“A subtly affecting tale of friendship and duty. [It] deserves a spot on the microbus dashboard as a hell of a cautionary tale about finding paradise and smoking it away.”
“A memoir with the feel of a road novel…in which the truth—a chill of regret and loneliness—steals in like the first fall breeze after a summer that has, after all, ended.”
“These gut-wrenching tales will make your heart race as if a coke-filled balloon popped in your belly.”
Weisbecker’s crowning achievement is the ability to reflect some of surfing’s more subtle elements to the mainstream without alienating the core reader, making this one of the more accessible and enjoyable tales for both audiences.
“[A] lovely personal reflection that mixes the right amount of dreamy meditation with page-turning allure…Weisbecker clearly delights in storytelling as much as he enjoys language itself…[Rich] imagery with a balance of pathos and humor make Weisbecker’s account very worthwhile reading.”
“Enchanting…[Weisbecker’s] adventures are as thrilling and as entertaining as any fictional road trip could ever hope to be…This memoir is, like any good autobiography, a journey to the place where memories live, an adventure of the mind.”
" a very laid-back read about a guy on a journey to find his homie and the people/places/experiences he meets/goes/has along the way. "
" You don't have to be a surfer to enjoy this incredible piece of travel writing. "
" Enjoyable story but I'm not a big enough surf nut to appreciate the long surf descriptions. "
" On the Road, Fear and Loathing..., and Heart of Darkness all wrapped up in a non-fiction surf memoir with a hint of The Endless Summer, and thankfully without copying any of those. "
" Good read, but man, I need to get away from these mid-life crisis, self-reflective books. I'm not liking what I'm seeing! Good read, slightly depressing denouement. "
" The surfing adventure I long for! "
" Interesting at times, a good summer read for anyone interested in surfing, that's for sure. Pretty damn self-indulgent and egotistical though. Especially the very last few pages - I laughed in the author's cocky face. "
" Eh, it was okay. A little hyped up in the surf community ..... "
" Yeah okay, surfing puts you in touch with the universal. I get it. Or maybe I don't. "
" Page-turning surf-adventure tale that will wring your soul before you know what happened. "
" It was ok with an unsatisfying ending. Probably of little interest to someone who doesn't surf...like me. "
Allan C. Weisbecker, novelist, screenwriter, memoirist, and surfer, is the author of Cosmic Banditos, In Search of Captain Zero, and Can’t You Get Along with Anyone?: A Writer’s Memoir and a Tale of a Lost Surfer’s Paradise. He has written articles for surfing magazines and has collaborated in writing screen and television scripts, including Crime Story and Miami Vice.
Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials.
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