When our eponymous hero finally makes his appearance, it's more worth the wait than John Mills' Carlsberg moment in Ice Cold in Alex.
Moby Dick has 135 chapters. Some are, admittedly, pretty heavy going. The final 3, however, must surely rate as amongst the greatest ever written. It's goosebump time: Ahab has the white whale in his sights and he's not stopping for anything or anybody.
Moby, meanwhile, has other ideas...