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5.0
The Snow Whale by John Minichillo, which is published by local Maryland publisher Atticus Books, is a satire of Moby Dick by Herman Melville to a certain extent. The debut novel centers on the life-changing decision of John Jacobs, a zombified office worker selling desk doodles to corporations via telephone, to find out his ancestry through a cheek-swab DNA test. The results come back and find him more than one-third Eskimo/Inuit, and its enough for John to quit his job, take a vacation from his marriage, and head to Alaska to claim his birthright and go whale hunting.
“And why couldn’t a mild-mannered desk doodle salesman like Mike be the recipient of the Genghis Khan gene?” (page 9 of ARC)
His wife, Jessica, is equally in a rut, but still enjoys her job as a ballroom dance instructor. She wishes that her marriage was more passionate and spontaneous, but the spontaneity she gets from John is not exactly what she’s looking for. However, she agrees that he should go to Alaska given the passionate gleam in his eyes. While some of the actions John takes are irrational and a bit nutty, readers will enjoy the shear witty prose and dialogue that accompanies the surreal situations presented.
Read the full review: http://savvyverseandwit.com/2011/08/the-snow-whale-by-john-minichillo.html
“And why couldn’t a mild-mannered desk doodle salesman like Mike be the recipient of the Genghis Khan gene?” (page 9 of ARC)
His wife, Jessica, is equally in a rut, but still enjoys her job as a ballroom dance instructor. She wishes that her marriage was more passionate and spontaneous, but the spontaneity she gets from John is not exactly what she’s looking for. However, she agrees that he should go to Alaska given the passionate gleam in his eyes. While some of the actions John takes are irrational and a bit nutty, readers will enjoy the shear witty prose and dialogue that accompanies the surreal situations presented.
Read the full review: http://savvyverseandwit.com/2011/08/the-snow-whale-by-john-minichillo.html
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