4-26-08 Fluke by Christopher Moore - Fiction

5 - This on is right up there with Dirty Job. Set in Hawaii, Fluke tells the story of a whale biologist who's goal in life is to find out what humpback whale song is saying and why they sing at all. Because this is a Christopher Moore book, you know the characters are going to be a little kooky. The biologist is pretty straightforward and so is his photographer, but then you have Kona, the white stoner surfer Rastafarian from New Jersey; the Old Broad, the financial backer of their research who believes the whales talk to her and occasionally order sandwiches; and Amy, their cute as a button research assistant who's weirder than anyone thinks. Along the way you also meet the Whaleyboys, visit Gooville, and end up learning a heckuva lot about whales. Fluke is another laugh out loud accomplishment by Moore.