• By Sadie
    Apr 7, 2009 3:40 PM 1,379
    read more: #mobydickorthewhale, #hermanmelville, #barneyfrank, #marathons, #theyharpoonwhalesdontthey, #classics

    Call Me...Tired.

    The 13th annual Moby-Dick Marathon took place in New Bedford in January. 170 people, including Melville's great-great-grandson and Barney Frank, read the 800-page novel aloud for 24 hours straight. This FT reporter hated it. [FT]


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