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      Sounding

      by Hank Searls
      Published
      Apr 1982
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      288
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      SOUNDING takes us into the extraordinary mind and emotions of the magnificent sperm whale, an aging bull roaming the waters of the Atlantic. Troubled and separated from his herd, the whale wants to fulfill his one obsessive desire -- to communicate with the human race and learn why they can be both vicious hunters and frolicking playmates.

      Far away, on a doomed Russian nuclear submarine, Lieutenant Peter Rostov, the sonar officer and a classical musician, is spending what he's sure are his last days listening to the beautiful "sounding" of the whale.

      In the amazing climax to this unique novel, man and whale come together -- and a magnificent destiny is fulfilled.

      "Searls is remarkably eloquent. . . . you'll stand up and cheer." -- The Washington Post Book World

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      Sep 1985 Ballantine ISBN13 9780345325266 ISBN10 0345325265
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      Jan 1982 Ballantine ISBN13 9780345298669 ISBN10 0345298667
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      Mar 2001 ereads.com ISBN13 9781585863853 ISBN10 1585863858
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      First Edition Apr 1982 Ballantine ISBN13 9780394524719 ISBN10 0394524713
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      Sep 2004 ereads.com ISBN13 9781585863846 ISBN10 158586384X
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