THE YEAR OF THE WHALE by Victor B. Scheffer. 213 pages. Scribner. $6.95.
When the Psalmist sang "O Lord, how manifold are thy works!" (104:24], he saved for his climactic example the whalenature's piece de resistance and everybody's favorite metaphor. But the whale, alas, is referred to more often than studied. A century ago, Herman Melville could say of the sperm whale, "His is an unwritten life." Then he proceeded to write it, of course.
What Moby Dick did not reveal, The Year of the Whale doesand on terms that can stand the comparison. Victor...
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