{"product_id":"preparing-the-ghost-an-essay-concerning-the-giant-squid-and-its-first-photographer-9781631490569","title":"Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Matthew Gavin Frank\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Marine Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1874, Moses Harvey--eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist--was the first person to photograph the near-mythic giant squid, draping it over his shower curtain rod to display its magnitude. In \u003cem\u003ePreparing the Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e, what begins as Harvey's story becomes spectacularly \"slippery and many-armed\" (NewYorker.com) as Matthew Gavin Frank winds his narrative tentacles around history, creative nonfiction, science, memoir, and meditations about the interrelated nature of them all. In his full-hearted, lyrical style, Frank weaves in playful forays about his trip to Harvey's Newfoundland home, his own childhood and family history, and a catalog of peculiar facts that recall Melville 's story of obsession with another deep-sea dwelling leviathan. \"Totally original and haunting\" (\u003cem\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003ePreparing the Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e is a delightfully unpredictable inquiry into the big, beautiful human impulse to obsess.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47595870093463,"sku":"9781631490569","price":1057.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781631490569.webp?v=1774991518","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/preparing-the-ghost-an-essay-concerning-the-giant-squid-and-its-first-photographer-9781631490569","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}