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.
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. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
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"[E]nchanting... [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."
About the Author
ALLAN WEISBECKER is a novelist, screenwriter, lifelong surfer, and award-winning photojournalist whose work appears in Smithsonian, Men's Journal, Popular Photography, and numerous surfing magazines. He is also the author of Cosmic Banditos.
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