Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt · first published 2022
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After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope. One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who sees everything, but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors – until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old b
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This book came out not too long ago and is really good. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt What does a misanthropic octopus have in common with Tova, a widowed aquarium employee? Not much, until a friendship develops following a daring tank rescue, and Marcellus McSquiddles…
on “Ask HN: What should I read next?” ↗Some books I cannot help but recommend: Non-Fiction: - Sy Montgomery: The Soul of an Octopus - Peter Godfrey-Smith: Other Minds Fiction: - Shelby Van Pelt: Remarkably Bright Creatures - Ray Naylor: The Mountain in the Sea They are each fantastic, and anyone curious or a fan of cephalopods should read 'em.
on “Cuttlefish and Their Technicolor Dreamcoats” ↗