Leviathan: Or The WhaleThe story of a mans obsession with whales, which takes him on a personal, historical and biographical journey from his childhood to his fascination with Moby Dick and his excursions whale watching. All his life, Philip Hoare has been obsessed by whales, from the gigantic skeletons in Londons Natural History Museum to adult encounters with the wild animals themselves. Whales have a mythical quality they seem to elide with dark fantasies of sea serpents