In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip beyond the End of the Road

by Allan C. Weisbecker Narrated by Joe Barrett

Overview

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.

Editorial Reviews

Surfline

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.

|Los Angeles Times

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.”

Swell Magazine

These gut-wrenching tales will make your heart race as if a coke-filled balloon popped in your belly.”

Booklist

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.”

Outside

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.”

Outside

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.”

MARCH 2009 - AudioFile

Consumed by a personal quest to find a surfer buddy from his past, writer Allan Weisbecker sold all of his possessions except his truck, surfboard, and dog and ventured South to Mexico and to Costa Rica, where the so-called “Captain Zero” is alleged to have disappeared. Along the way, he befriends locals, angers back-country bandits, carves waves, and reinvigorates his spirit. Joe Barrett’s intense tone tends to overstate the seriousness of the author's quest. Barrett's weighty voice bends around every word of Weisbecker's tale, transforming the protagonist into a hard-nosed rebel who turns the tide of adversity with the swipe of his hand. Barrett's disconnect with the story makes it sound phony and manufactured—and not the least bit sentimental. L.B. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169718683
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	10/15/2008
Edition description:	Unabridged

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