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Inscrutable Lords Of The Deep

Sarah Burton LEVIATHAN: THE HISTORY OF WHALING IN AMERICA by Eric Jay Dolin W W Norton & Co., $27.95, pp. 479, ISBN 9780393060577 The sperm whale, more than any other whale, has......

Borders Of The Possible

Stephen Abell GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD by Michael Chabon Sceptre, El 2, pp. 224, ISBN 9780340953549 © £9.59 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 The original title for this novel was......