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Gus Openshaw's Whale-Killing Journal

Cat-food cannery worker Gus Openshaw has just set off in hot pursuit of the white whale who ate his wife, kid and arma̮ beast he insists on calling "Dickhead," in one of the book's many broad winks in Melville's direction. Gus, in addition to sharpening his harpoon and gathering a crew, also somehow finds the time to keep updating his blog, whose entries constitute the book.

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  • "Cat-food cannery worker Gus Openshaw has just set off in hot pursuit of the white whale who ate his wife, kid and arma̮ beast he insists on calling "Dickhead," in one of the book's many broad winks in Melville's direction. Gus, in addition to sharpening his harpoon and gathering a crew, also somehow finds the time to keep updating his blog, whose entries constitute the book."@en
  • "That's no mean feat since, along with crew members who include semireformed pirate Nelson and cleaver-happy chef Duq, Gus must contend with attacks by pirates, shipwreck after shipwreck, imprisonment in a remote island jail and the violent opposition of a whale-protection organization named Bluepeace."@en
  • "That's no mean feat since, along with crew members who include semireformed pirate Nelson and cleaver-happy chef Duq, Gus must contend with attacks by pirates, shipwreck after shipwreck, imprisonment in a remote island jail and the violent opposition of a whale-protection organization named Bluepeace."
  • "Cat-food cannery worker Gus Openshaw has just set off in hot pursuit of the white whale who ate his wife, kid and arma̮ beast he insists on calling "Dickhead," in one of the book's many broad winks in Melville's direction. Gus, in addition to sharpening his harpoon and gathering a crew, also somehow finds the time to keep updating his blog, whose entries constitute the book."

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  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"
  • "Humorous stories"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Adventure and adventurers"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Adventure stories"

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  • "Gus Openshaw's whale killing journal : a novel"
  • "Gus Openshaw's whale-killing journal"
  • "Gus Openshaw's Whale-Killing Journal"@en
  • "Gus Openshaw's whale killing journal a novel"@en