ROMANCE

Why Read Moby-Dick? Books on Tape

by Nathaniel Philbrick

ISBN 9780307969675. $19.95. LIT

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This title is historian Philbrick's valentine to Herman Melville's singular masterpiece. In numerous, brief chapters, Philbrick, who also narrates, presents in very simple terms his argument for why Melville's briny story of obsession and revenge becomes more relevant as history glides forward like the Pequod on its doomed voyage. He scrutinizes the novel's core characters and ponders the well of Melville's creativity and melancholy. Beautifully done. (LJ 3/1/12)

Reviewed by Staff , Dec 20, 2012

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