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Shark drunk : the art of catching a large shark from a tiny rubber dinghy in a big ocean / Morten Strøksnes ; translated from the Norwegian by Tiina Nunnally.

by Strøksnes, Morten Andreas, 1965-

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

338.37273 S918s

Shark fishing -- Norway.

Greenland shark -- Norway.

Fishing -- Norway.

Sailing -- Norway.

Adventure and adventurers -- Norway -- Biography.

9780451493484 (hc.)

Havboka. English.

307 pages : illustration, map ; 20 cm.

Translated from the Norwegian.

In the great depths surrounding the Lofoten islands in Norway lives the infamous Greenland shark. At twenty-six feet in length and weighing more than a ton, it is truly a beast to behold. But the shark is not just known for its size alone: its meat contains a toxin that, when consumed, has been known to make people drunk and hallucinatory. The author and his friend, the eccentric artist Hugo Aasjord, embark on a wild pursuit of the famed creature - from a tiny rubber boat. Together, the two men tackle existential questions, survive the world's most powerful maelstrom, and, yes, get drunk, as they attempt to understand the ocean from every possible angle, drawing on poetry, science, history, ecology, mythology, and their own, sometimes intoxicated, observations. Morten Strøksnes is a Norwegian journalist and writer.

Nunnally, Tiina, 1952-

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