Publication

2012 - Reaktion Books, Limited

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781861899941
  • ISBN-101861899947
  • Better World Books9781861899941
  • Open LibraryOL38355019M

Classifications

  • LCCQL444

Description

Takes us on a journey through the history, biology, and culture of lobsters, including the creature's economic and environmental status worldwide. He describes the evolution of technologies to capture these creatures and addresses the ethics of boiling them alive. Along the way, King also explores the salacious lobster palaces of the 1920s, the animal's thousand-year status as an aphrodisiac, and how the lobster has inspired numerous artists, writers, and thinkers including Aristotle, Dickens, Thoreau, Dali, and Woody Allen.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • LobsterReaktion Books, Limited2012

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