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Moby Dick – Herman Melville

Alright, I know that Herman Melville isn’t everyone’s cup of tea (or should that be coffee, given that Starbucks is named after a character in ?), but anyway, I’m going to argue its case. First up, I realise that the book is as thick as a whale sandwich and this puts many off reading it, but I really think it’s well worth giving it a go. I was pretty exhausted at the very prospect of tackling it first time around but, to my bewilderment, it was actually pretty funny. The early exchanges in the rather down-at-heel

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