# Fluke

By Christopher Moore

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/fluke-527f6b76/

Marine biologist Nate Quinn is in Hawaii to understand humpback whale song. An impossible sighting pulls him away from that question, and then his research facility is wrecked and a crucial photograph disappears.

## What makes it funny?

Nate is trying to understand a whale’s voice when he gets a written insult on its tail instead. Nobody else sees it. A researcher who needs evidence has an unusually embarrassing claim to prove.

### The comedy at work

Scientific habits give Nate a problem: he has to explain what he saw, but the evidence keeps vanishing. The more he tries to investigate rationally, the less reasonable his situation sounds.

### Try this if…

Marine research leads into extravagant undersea fantasy here, with eccentric scientists along for the journey. Readers in funny-book discussions include Fluke among their recommendations.

### Good to know

The book includes marijuana use and sexual humor.

## What to expect

- Genre: Adventure · Fantasy
- Kind of humor: Absurdism
- Format: Novel

## A few distinguishing details

- A whale researcher needs proof that a humpback insulted him.

## Sources & further reading

- Reader discussion: [Reader discussion](https://facebook.com/groups/TwoGirlsMustReads/permalink/7201354209939330)
- Review: [Publishers Weekly review](https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780060556792)
- Publisher: [Publisher](https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/christopher-moore-2/fluke/9780748114412)