"Dr. Eldon Chance is a man primed for spectacular ruin. His wife has left him for a dyslexic fitness instructor, his teenaged daughter is disappearing into drugs; he owes the IRS untold sums; his neuro-psychiatry practice has been red...

A finalist for the National Book Award, Kem Nunn's "surf noir" novel Tapping the Source is a thrilling plunge into the seedy underbelly of a Southern California beach town.Ike Tucker arrives at the surf paradise of Huntingto...