A review by lipka
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell by Mark Kurlansky

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

4.25

        A beat-by-beat timeline of New York's oysters, aquatic life, and culinary sway, with a bounty of relevant detours. This book nets everything—from the area's marine ecology, economics, and early environmentalism and feminism—to the history of its neighborhoods and street names. And oyster puns. The puns are a hull of a ride. Oh, swell. I can't hear myself over the clamor of bivalve jokes. Send help.
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