I was somewhere between 11 and 12 years old when I first read 'Call me
Ishmael'. Then I took it as a straight adventure story, since I have read it
five times more, always finding resonances and watery depths unseen before,
the only time it failed me was when I copied it onto disk and tried to read
it on the screen during the lulls at work, didn't suit it.
The closing chapters are simply among the best in the language.
Dave
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