A compelling but strangely simple opening indeed (and in the article). Heard some analysis on this that speculated that this is a heavy implication that Ishmael

A compelling but strangely simple opening indeed (and in the article). Heard some analysis on this that speculated that this is a heavy implication that Ishmael is not his real name, which makes the fact he wants to use a pseudonym a hook to read on. (I also saw an amusing tweet once, something like: Moby Dick has one of the most iconic openings in literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales")