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In 1970, reporter Paul Linnman was sent to the Oregon Coast to cover a unique method of removing a dead whale: dynamite. Unsurprisingly, the story came to define his life and he eventually decided to write a book around the events with some other bits thrown in. The whale parts were fun, but overall this wasn‘t terribly engaging and took me a while to get through. If you haven‘t seen the video, though, definitely look for it!

This is less a weird book than a book about a weird story. In the 1970s in coastal Oregon, the (questionable) decision was made to dispose of a dead whale with dynamite. This did not go as planned. Read the book and/or catch the (absolutely hilarious) original story here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xBgThvB_IDQ #somethingforsept