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Strandings Confessions of a Whale Scavenger

by [Riley, Peter]

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When Peter Riley was thirteen, a woman with blue hair and a comet tattoo asked him to help load the jaw of a sperm whale into the back of a Volvo 245. The encounter set Riley on a decades-long quest to make sense of what had happened.

Enter the secretive world of whale scavengers. When a whale washes up on one of Britain's coasts, a fugitive community descends to claim trophies from the carcass. Some are driven by magical beliefs. Some are motivated by profit: there is a black market for everything from ambergris to whaletooth sex toys. But for others, the need goes much deeper.

Join Riley on a tour of a stranded kingdom's weird outer reaches, where nothing is as it seems. Meet witches, pedlars, fetishists, conspiracy theorists and fallen aristocrats. And prepare for a final revelation, as the mystery of the comet woman tangles with the enigmatic symbol of Leviathan itself, beached on Britain's fatal shore.

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Product Details

  • IPS - Profile Books Brand
  • Oct 3, 2023 Pub Date:
  • 9781788166072 ISBN-13:
  • 1788166078 ISBN-10:
  • 256.0 pages Hardcover
  • English Language
  • 8.7 in * 1.1 in * 5.7 in Dimensions:
  • 2 lb Weight: