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'On the surface he was Tom Carroll, dreamer, cheeky grommet, brilliant surfer, Australian sporting hero, fitness fanatic, businessman, family man, big wave charger. Inside turned the terrible wheel of drug addiction, part family curse, part legacy of the footloose surf culture he'd done so much to legitimise. Tom's family and friends struggled with him, kept his secrets, and looked on in anger and fear as the wheel began to grind him down. Then a window opened – but getting through it made charging Pipeline look like a piece of cake ...

'This is the story of an unlikely moral education: of humility, family, damage, brotherhood, youth, stupidity, glory, single-mindedness and surrender, and about the feeling of water moving under a surfboard, how it can bind past to present and make sense of lives.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2013 .
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      Extent: 368p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 November 2013
      ISBN: 9781742752303

Works about this Work

Sun-Kissed on Waves of Joy Grantlee Kieza , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 January 2014; (p. 19)

— Review of TC : Tom Carroll Nick Carroll , 2013 single work biography ; That Summer at Boomerang Phil Jarratt , 2014 single work biography
Review : Fiction 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 December 2013; (p. 24)

— Review of An Elegant Young Man Luke Carman , 2013 selected work short story ; TC : Tom Carroll Nick Carroll , 2013 single work biography ; Selective Memory : A Life in Film Sue Milliken , 2013 single work autobiography ; Passion Play : The Oberammergau Tales Valerie Volk , 2013 single work novel
Dirty Secrets From the Surf Fred Pawle , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 December 2013; (p. 22)

— Review of TC : Tom Carroll Nick Carroll , 2013 single work biography
In Short : Non-Fiction Fiona Capp , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 December 2013; (p. 32) The Age , 7 December 2013; (p. 28)

— Review of Selective Memory : A Life in Film Sue Milliken , 2013 single work autobiography ; TC : Tom Carroll Nick Carroll , 2013 single work biography
In Short : Non-Fiction Fiona Capp , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 December 2013; (p. 32) The Age , 7 December 2013; (p. 28)

— Review of Selective Memory : A Life in Film Sue Milliken , 2013 single work autobiography ; TC : Tom Carroll Nick Carroll , 2013 single work biography
Dirty Secrets From the Surf Fred Pawle , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 December 2013; (p. 22)

— Review of TC : Tom Carroll Nick Carroll , 2013 single work biography
Review : Fiction 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 December 2013; (p. 24)

— Review of An Elegant Young Man Luke Carman , 2013 selected work short story ; TC : Tom Carroll Nick Carroll , 2013 single work biography ; Selective Memory : A Life in Film Sue Milliken , 2013 single work autobiography ; Passion Play : The Oberammergau Tales Valerie Volk , 2013 single work novel
Sun-Kissed on Waves of Joy Grantlee Kieza , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 January 2014; (p. 19)

— Review of TC : Tom Carroll Nick Carroll , 2013 single work biography ; That Summer at Boomerang Phil Jarratt , 2014 single work biography
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