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Inspired by Melville''s own experiences on the high seas, this classic adventure tale pits two sailors against an island of cannibalsAfter six months of  relentless battering by the turbulent South Pacific, the whaling ship known as the Dolly is beginning to resemble a swollen and cracking prison. For Tommo, it''s been six months of little to eat but stale biscuits, six months of steady abuse and ...