Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings

Christopher Moore

ISBN 10: 0380978415 / ISBN 13: 9780380978410

Published by William Morrow & Co., 2003

About this Item

SIGNED. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Christopher Moore on the title page. The book is tight with solid hinges. Light soiling to boards and top front corner bumped. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($23.95) with very light soiling (see photos). 0603 on the front flap. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 321 pages. 6 x 9¼" tall. Marine behavioral biologist Nate Quinn is in love -- with the sun-drenched waters off Maui ? and especially with behemoths that have been hooting their haunting music for more than twenty million years. But just why do the humpback whales sing? That's the question that Nate and his crew continuously investigate. 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.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0380978415
• ISBN 13: 9780380978410
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Editions
  • Signed Books

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Synopsis

A whale researcher's 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.

Review

I should warn you. I'm a newcomer to Moore - and I'm addicted! As with all good fantasy writers, he uses absurdity to make you focus on reality. . . he's streets beyond anyone else writing this genre at the moment. (THE BOOKBAG)