The release date for the English version of 'Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings' by
Christopher Moore is Jun 2004. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Nathan Quinn, a whale researcher, has an issue. In fact, the issue is not new—it has existed for about 20 million years. Nate has dedicated the most of his adult life to finding a solution. You see, no one really understands why humpback whales sing—aside from human composition, they have the most sophisticated melodies on the planet—despite the fact that practically everyone is aware of this fact. Behavior biology Ph.D. candidate Nate wants to find the solution to this pressing question—and soon.
Each winter, he travels through the warm seas between Lanai and Maui with his collaborator Clay Demolocus of the Maui Whale Research Foundation, capturing the hauntingly beautiful humpback sounds before heading back to their lab for computerized analysis. The issue is that Nate is starting to question whether or not he hasn't been in the sun for a bit too long. If not that, he's going insane. Because Nate could have sweared he saw the words "Bite Me" written across the whale's tail today when he was taking an identification shot of a humpback tail fluke.