A hilarious love story about a teenager and a fish.
Royce Rowland is a 17-year-old sexual and social reprobate who has been sent to sea with a tough skipper in an effort to straighten him out. But as with everything, Royce goes on board with his own interests at heart: he wants to trawl for the fabled giant squid. He does catch something unexpected, but it isn’t a squid, and in its wake comes a conning prostitute who is determined to make off with it.
And so Royce embarks on a Ulyssesian journey pursuing his catch through New Zealand waters and on to Japan. En route, he is to discover true love — for a fish …