The Hunt for Moby Dick

Leviathan or, The Whale is published by 4th Estate

Also available in paperback by HarperPerennial

'This is the book [Philip Hoare] was born to write, a classic of its kind'
The Observer

'In Hoare's hands, whales are almost limitlessly strange and interesting'
Sunday Times

'As well as descriptive prose of great beauty, Leviathan is full of fascinating facts'
Guardian

www.philiphoare.co.uk

In this acclaimed film by award-winning director Adam Low for the flagship BBC strand, Arena, Philip Hoare, winner of the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, embarks on a four-year adventure in search of the whale. Filmed in Britain, New England and the Azores, The Hunt for Moby-Dick confronts our perennial fascination with this extraordinary animal, and the book it inspired: Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.

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November 2009
Special screening: full-length version of The Hunt for Moby-Dick, Vicktor Wynd Fine Art Inc, 12 Mare St, London E8, Thursday 12 November at 7 pm. For details click here

October 2009
Selected for the 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival.

September 2009
Selected for the Festivaletteratura 2009.

Written and Presented by Philip Hoare

Executive Producer and Arena Series Editor, Anthony Wall
Produced by Martin Rosenbaum
Directed by Adam Low

'This splendid Arena...Low has assembled a formidable archive of footage, while Hoare is impassioned and even-handed...a fine guide through the broiling waters of one of literature's most densely metaphorical works.'
Time Out London

'It was good to be reminded of what a great, courageous novel it is, and how far the world has turned since the world's richest oilmen lived on the island of Nantucket, chasing monsters for their wealth.'
The Independent

'A voyage as dark and tempestuous as the one it describes.period footage, artwork and incidental imagery unite to produce a shifting collage that makes its point by art and implication.'
Mail on Sunday