The Surf GuruBy: Doug Dorst From the author of Alive in Necropolis "a brazen, roiling, confident collection." (Los Angeles Times). This is a book of brilliant, adventurous stories from award winning author Doug Dorst, widely celebrated as one of the most creative, original literary voices of his generation an heir to T. C. Boyle and Denis Johnson, or a Northern Californian Haruki Murakami. Here in The Surf Guru, Dorst's full talent is on display.