Book launch – Kill Ahab: Confessions of a White Whale

Join author Phil Adamo for the Berkshire launch of Kill Ahab: Confessions of a White Whale. It’s Moby Dick from the whale’s point of view.

Near the end of his life, beached on the New England coast, the White Whale finally sets the record straight, spinning a tale of high adventure and rich emotion, of love and loss, of loathing and revenge. Propelling his story is Ahab, the mad captain fixated on the “monster” who took his leg. But Ahab’s obsession is not one-sided. Whales, too, have long memories.

Fiction’s most famous fish is not who we thought. “Call me…anything,” he says. “But do not call me Moby Dick.”

PHIL ADAMO is a former circus clown turned history professor turned novelist. He has written history books and articles on the Middle Ages, as well as satirical fiction. Kill Ahab: Confessions of a White Whale is his third novel.

This free event is sponsored by Massachusetts Cultural Council and Housatonic Heritage.