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{{Short description|1847 book by Herman Melville}}
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| name = Omoo
| image = Omoo 1st.jpg
| caption = First edition title page
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| author = [[Herman Melville]]
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| country = United States, England
| language = English
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| genre = [[Travel literature]]
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* 1847 {{small|(New York: Harper & Brothers)}}
* 1847 {{small|(London: John Murray)}}
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| media_type = Print
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| preceded_by = [[Typee]]
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'''''Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas''''' is the second book by American [[writer]] [[Herman Melville]], first published in [[London]] in 1847, and a [[sequel]] to his first [[South Seas]] narrative ''[[Typee]]'', also based on the author's experiences in the [[South Pacific]]. After leaving the [[island]] of [[Nuku Hiva]], the main [[character (arts)|character]] ships aboard a [[whaling]] vessel that makes its way to [[Tahiti]], after which there is a [[mutiny]] and a third of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti. In 1949, the narrative was adapted into the [[exploitation film]] ''[[Omoo-Omoo, the Shark God]]''.