The Whale of the Victoria Cross

by Pierre Boulle

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081490873X
• ISBN13: 9780814908730
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Vanguard Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A selfless cetacean raises issues of our own humanity

It is quite unfortunate that only two books by Pierre Boulle are generally available in the U.S.: Bridge on the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes. However, The Whale of The Victoria Cross shows how wonderfully fertile a writer's imagination can be. Boulle gives us a most unusual premise involving a naval battle and the critical involvement and influence of marine mammals. I also recommend Ears of the Jungle by the same author -- a Vietnam War story told from the main character's perspective, who just happens to be a high level North Vietnamese strategist. Fabulous!