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Winner of the 2009 Baillie Gifford

Leviathan or, The Whale

by Philip Hoare

Recorded edition: Fourth Estate · 2009 · ISBN 0007230141 · Edition source

Approximately 453 pages

Estimated reading time: 12–16 hours at 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate.

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Non Fiction

2009 winner

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

United Kingdom

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