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Fluke

Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings

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Fluke

By: Christopher Moore
Narrated by: Bill Irwin
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Marine biologist Nate Quinn is in love with the majestic ocean-dwelling behemoths who have been singing their haunting song for twenty million years. But why do the humpback whales sing? That's the question that has Nate and his crew filming, charting, and recording every whale that crosses their path. Until one day when a whale lifts its tail to display a message spelled out in foot-high letters: Bite Me....

No one has ever seen such a thing; not Nate's longtime partner, not world-renowned photographer Clay Demodocus, not their saucy young research assistant, Amy, not even spliff-puffing white-boy Rastaman, Kona. And when the film returns from the lab missing the crucial tail shot--and their research facility is trashed--Nate realizes that something very fishy is going on.

It only gets weirder when a call comes in from Nate's big-bucks benefactor, saying that a whale has phoned her, asking for a hot pastrami and Swiss on rye. Suddenly the answer to the question that has driven Nate throughout his adult life is within reach. And it's not what anyone would think.

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Engaging Plot • Humorous Storytelling • Character Voices • Creative Imagination • Unpredictable Twists • Comic Timing

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Christopher Moore writes another great story peppered with humor, sarcasm and entertainment. I love how he forces you to accept some very weird ideas without hesitation. Unfortunately, this story reader, Bill Irwin, was completely wrong for this type of book. He didn't know how to convey the sarcasm and humor properly and the lightness that we love from Mr. Moore was lost. Mr. Irwin's monotonous voice for the first few chapters of the book almost kept me from continuing on. He got slightly better as the story progressed, or, perhaps, I just got used to his painfully monotonous style of narrating. I would highly recommend this book to read, but not to listen to.

Entertaining story, as usual!

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When I first got this book I was very much disappointed that it wasn't Fisher Stevens reading it. I thought the guy reading it was very dry and boring, but the more I listened, the more I liked it. I have now listened to it at least 3 times. I have friends from Maui and have visited a couple times. I believe he captures the way most Hawaiians speak. His tone is very laid back and mellow.
I think the book as a whole lacks a lot of the neurotic characters that Moore usually puts in his books. I read an interview with Moore about this book, and he basically said that after finishing Lamb he had to do a smaller less involved book to keep his publishers off of his back about delivery schedules. So you can understand why their aren't quite so many crazy characters in it.
That being said, this book is fun and cute. The characters are likable and always developing. Once you have finished this book you will have a better understanding of why women are the dominant species on the planet.

I liked it a lot

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The story itself was fantastic (Christopher Moore is a comedic genius and this is one of my favourite of his novels) but my enjoyment of the audiobook was marred by the awful narration.

The narrator pronounced all of his "w" words with an "h" on the front, which drove me slowly insane. It's a book about WHALES...which he pronounced as "Hwhales". Every. Single. Time.

Hilarious book, God-awful narration

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I have never been so taken by an audio work of fiction. Two thumbs way up.

The story is clever, unpredictable, and LOL funny.

I loved it from start to finish, including the author's notes at the end.

Fantastic story and performance

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this is one of my favorite authors and story's. if your looking for some good entertainment this is the book

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