Title: Fluke, or, I know why the winged whale sings
First published: 2003
Description: Marine behavioral biologist Nate Quinn has spent his entire career trying to decipher the songs of the humpback whales, and one day Nate and his team are shocked by a message they see on a whale's tail and wonder if they have finally unlocked the secret of the whales' language.
Subjects: Fiction, Whale sounds, Humpback whale, Midlife crisis, Human-animal relationships, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Hawaii, fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Fiction, psychological, Literature and fiction (general)
Places: Hawaii