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Mar 18, 2010
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Moby Dick is one of the best books I have ever read!

So many people told me it was boring and horrible, but I loved it!! Ishmael is such a hilarious narrator -- dense, dorky, long-winded -- that it's so funny to read his point of view. And despite that, Melville weaves such clever wordplay throughout his narration as if he's winking at us over Ishmael's …

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