In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, Captain Ahab is an eerily compelling madman who focuses his distilled hatred and suffering (and that of generations before him) into the pursuit of a creature as vast, dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself.
More than just a novel of adventure, this is a haunting social commentary populated with some of the most enduring characters in literature.
Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith and the nature of perception.
Author: Herman Melville
Notes for Mortals:Hardback
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780141199603
Number of pages: 720
Dimensions: 13.31 cm x 4.45 cm x 20.57 cm
Published: 26/09/2013