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| Author | Steven Hall |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Publisher | Canongate, HarperCollins |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 428 (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-00-200840-2 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 81601270 |
The Raw Shark Texts is the debut novel by British author Steven Hall, released in 2007.[1] The book was released by Canongate Books in the US and the UK and published by HarperCollins in Canada. The title is a play on "Rorschach Tests", which are inkblot tests. The novel is a work of Meta-fiction which uses Concrete poetry, linguistic jokes and cultural references. It is the story of an amnesiac re-discovering his past life through a surreal collection of clues he has left himself while evading a steampunk villain and the shark of the title.
- ^ "The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2007. Retrieved February 26, 2007