Bomb Island

Bomb Island is a funny and fast-paced Southern novel exploring subculture communities, survival, and found family set on an island near an unexploded atomic bomb. It follows Fish, a 15-year-old living in a commune with his chosen family, as he meets Celia, the tattooed daughter of a troublesome local charter fisherman, and brings her back to the island in the hope that she will stay with him. However, their summer takes a strange and dark turn when they cannot find Nutzo, the tiger's behavior becomes erratic, and everyone's summer is about to take a strange, dark turn.

Format: Hardback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 21 May 2024
Publisher: Hub City Press

Bomb Island is a funny and fast-paced Southern novel that explores subculture communities, survival, and found family set on an island near an unexploded atomic bomb. The story follows fifteen-year-old Fish, who lives in a commune on Bomb Island, Georgia, with his chosen family: Whistle, Sugar, Reef, and Nutzo. Fish and Whistle spend their days leading tours in their glass bottom boat out to the barrier islands namesake, an unexploded atomic bomb. When Fish meets Celia, the tattooed daughter of a troublesome local charter fisherman bent on exposing Whistles commune and their illegal tiger, he brings her back to Bomb Island in the hope that she will stay with him. However, they still cant find Nutzo, the tigers behavior has become increasingly erratic, and everyones summer is about to take a strange, dark turn. Narrated by an ensemble cast of uniquely independent outsiders who have chosen counter-culture lives informed by their desires and past traumas, Bomb Island takes a rollicking journey through the weirds and wilds of Coastal Georgia. Stephen Hundley has crafted a spirited, zany novel with a big heart that examines the strength it takes to live freely and without shame.

Dimension: 215 x 139 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9798885740258