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Title: A Whale of a Tale!
Review: Aside from a lengthy digression on whale types, this is epic novel writing at its very best. The real theme here is that of obsession and how it can destroy people. The bitter Captain Ahab is a tragic Shakespearean character who instead of destroying the great whale, he self-destructs due to his blind obsessional pursuit. Despite being of prodigious length, the book is well-paced and moves along nicely except for the odd insertion mentioned above. More than 150 years since its first publication, this work is as alive and entertaining to readers now as it was then. Few works truly deserve the label 'classic', however this is one....Call me f____n' Ishmael!
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