Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings - Softcover
trade edition paperback fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
In his entertaining adventure-in-whale-researching, Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings, Nathan Quinn, a prominent marine biologist, has been conducting studies in Hawaii for years trying to unravel the secret of why humpback whales sing. During a typical day of data gathering, Nate believes his mind is failing: the subject whale has "Bite Me" scrawled across its tail. Events become even stranger as the self-proclaimed "action nerds," Nate, photographer Clay, their research assistant Amy, and Kona, a white Rasta (a Jewish kid from New Jersey), encounter sabotage to their data and equipment. They also observe increasingly bizarre whale behavior, including a phone call from the whale to their wealthy sponsor to ask that Nate bring it a hot pastrami and Swiss on rye, and discover both a thriving underwater city and the secret to what happened to Amelia Earhart.
About the Author:
Thoughtful, irreverent, and often hilarious, Moore has crafted a tale that contains a bit of the saga of declining whale populations due to hunting and habitat destruction, as well as his over-the-top, decadent wit as applied to scientific methodology and professional jealousies. Moore notes a pasty, rival scientist "looked like Death out for his after-dinner stroll before a busy night of e-mailing heart attacks and tumors to a few million lucky winners," and that killer whales (which are all named Kevin), are "just four tons of doofus dressed up like a police car." Smart, sincere, and a whale of a story, Fluke is terrific. --Michael Ferch
Christopher Moore is the author of thirteen previous novels, including Lamb, The Stupidest Angel, Fool, Sacré Bleu, and A Dirty Job. He lives in San Francisco, California.
Bill Irwin, playwright and actor, has starred on Broadway in Edward Albee's The Goat and his own Fool Moon; he has also performed several works by Samuel Beckett and has a recurring role on Sesame Street.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherOrbit
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1841496170
- ISBN 13 9781841496177
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 16.29
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Fluke (Paperback)
Published by
Little, Brown Book Group, London
(2007)
ISBN 10: 1841496170
ISBN 13: 9781841496177
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word' Carl HiaasenJust why do humpback whales sing? That's the question that has marine biologist Nate Quinn and his crew poking, charting, recording and photographing very big, wet, gray marine mammals. That is, until the extraordinary day when a whale lifts its tail into the air to display a cryptic message spelled out in foot-high letters: BITE ME. Trouble is, Nate's beginning to wonder if he hasn't spent just a little too much time in the sun. 'Cause no one else saw a thing- not his longtime partner, Clay Demodocus; not their saucy young research assistant; not even the spliff-puffing white-boy Rastaman Kona (ne Preston Applebaum). But later, when a roll of film returns from the lab missing the crucial tail shot- and his research facility is trashed - Nate realizes something very fishy indeed is going on. Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word' Carl Hiaasen Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781841496177
Buy New
US$ 16.29
Convert currency
Stock Image
Fluke
Published by
Little, Brown 2007-09-06, London
(2007)
ISBN 10: 1841496170
ISBN 13: 9781841496177
New
paperback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9781841496177
Buy New
US$ 11.56
Convert currency
Stock Image
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # d65903ef0beea2f57dc6e779674865e7
Buy New
US$ 13.74
Convert currency
Stock Image
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Published by
Little, Brown Book Group
(2007)
ISBN 10: 1841496170
ISBN 13: 9781841496177
New
Paperback / softback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word' Carl Hiaasen. Seller Inventory # B9781841496177
Buy New
US$ 11.33
Convert currency
Stock Image
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9781841496177-GDR
Buy New
US$ 12.16
Convert currency
Stock Image
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __1841496170
Buy New
US$ 11.09
Convert currency
Stock Image
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9781841496177_new
Buy New
US$ 11.33
Convert currency
Stock Image
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Published by
Little, Brown Book Group
(2007)
ISBN 10: 1841496170
ISBN 13: 9781841496177
New
Softcover
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. 2007. paperback / softback. Paperback. Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word' Carl Hiaasen Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781841496177
Buy New
US$ 14.07
Convert currency
Stock Image
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Published by
Little, Brown Book Group
(2007)
ISBN 10: 1841496170
ISBN 13: 9781841496177
New
Softcover
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. 2007. paperback / softback. Paperback. Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word' Carl Hiaasen Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781841496177
Buy New
US$ 15.98
Convert currency
Stock Image
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Published by
Orbit 2007-09-06
(2007)
ISBN 10: 1841496170
ISBN 13: 9781841496177
New
Paperback
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 6666-HCE-9781841496177
Buy New
US$ 10.17
Convert currency