Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore (English) Pape

Description: Fluke by Christopher Moore A whale researchers unusual observation of a humpback whale with "Bite Me" scrawled on its tail starts a rollicking adventure involving an age-old conspiracy, a megalomaniac undersea ruler, and a bizarre long-distance love affair. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Readers new to the work of Christopher Moore will want to know two things immediately. First: Where has this guy been hiding? (Answer: In plain sight, since he has a cult following.)...[H]e writes laid back fables straight out of Margaritaville, on the cusp of humor and science fiction."--Janet Maslin, New York Times Whale researcher Nathan Quinn has a problem. Its not a new problem; in fact, its been around for nearly 20 million years. And Nates spent most of his adult life working to solve it. You see, although everybody (well, almost everybody) knows that humpback whales sing (outside of human composition, the most complex songs on the planet) no one knows why. Nate, a Ph.D. in behavior biology, intends to discover the answer to this burning question--and soon. Every winter he and Clay Demolocus, his partner in the Maui Whale Research Foundation, ply the warm waters between the islands of Maui and Lanai, recording the eerily beautiful songs of the humpbacks and returning to their lab for electronic analysis. The trouble is, Nates beginning to wonder if he hasnt spent just a little too much time in the sun. Either that, or hes losing his mind. Because today, as he was shooting an I.D. photo of a humpback tail fluke, Nate couldve sworn he saw the words “Bite Me" scrawled across the whales tail. . . Back Cover Just why do humpback whales sing? Thats the question that has marine behavioral biologist Nate Quinn and his crew poking, charting, recording, and photographing very big, wet, gray marine mammals. 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, Nates beginning to wonder if he hasnt spent just a little too much time in the sun. Cause no one else on his team saw a thing -- not his longtime partner, Clay Demodocus; not their saucy young research assistant; not even the spliff-puffing white-boy Rastaman Kona (n Author Biography Christopher Moore is the author of eighteen previous novels, including Razzmatazz, Shakespeare for Squirrels, Noir, Secondhand Souls, Sacré Bleu, Fool, and Lamb. He lives in San Francisco, California. Details ISBN006056668X Author Christopher Moore Short Title FLUKE Pages 321 Language English ISBN-10 006056668X ISBN-13 9780060566685 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 813.54 Year 2004 Audience Age 14-18 Subtitle Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings DOI 10.1604/9780060566685 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2004-06-15 NZ Release Date 2004-06-15 US Release Date 2004-06-15 UK Release Date 2004-06-15 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Publication Date 2004-06-15 Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Audience General Imprint US William Morrow Paperbacks Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161286979;

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