En joven Ismael se alista como marinero en un ballenero junto a un arponero llamado Queequeg. Acab, el capitan del barco, esta obsesionado con la idea de capturar a Moby Dick, la ballena blanca a la que se habia enfrentado anos atras y que le habia hecho perder una pierna, aunque esa no seria la ultima batalla.
I learned SO MUCH about whaling in the North Atlantic by reading this book. It would not be a spoiler to tell you that the eponymous white whale is almost secondary to the reader's immersion into the whaler's life. Plus...you get to find out who Ishmael really is. Again, not a spoiler. Just a clarification to anyone who's ever heard the expression "Call me Ishmael".
MOBY DICK loses a star in my rating because it meanders, a few times, into some obscure stories and references that could easily have been omitted without losing any of the main story. Otherwise, first rate!