An elegant, lyrical achievement with a cold dark undertow - John Birmingham. Brett D'Arcy's brilliant new novel is set in the underclasses of Western Australia's surfing culture. Eleven-year-old Floaty Boy (so named for his passion for body-surfing) inhabits a murky, watery world of wagging school and illicit night surfing. He hovers on the edge of things, including the edge of a family that is spinning out of control.