Jaws
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Jaws
Jaws
Jaws: the classic horror that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie.
The classic novel that became a cult Steven Spielberg movie.
Jaws by Peter Benchley first appeared in 1974. Alongside Steven Spielberg's film adaptation, the novel has sold over 20 million copies around the world, becoming a cult classic.
It's never safe to go back in the water . . .
It was just another day in the life of a small Atlantic resort until the terror from the deep came to prey on unwary holidaymakers. The first sign of trouble, a warning of what was to come, took the form of a young woman's body—or what was left of it—washed up on the long, white stretch of beach.
A summer of terror has begun . . .
Pick up Jaws before midnight, read the first five pages, and I guarantee you'll be putting it down breathless and stunned, as dawn is breaking the next day. - Daily Express
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035048861
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 September 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pan Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 254g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Peter Benchley was born in New York City in 1940, the son of novelist Nathaniel Benchley and grandson of humorist Robert Benchley. He worked as a reporter for The Washington Post, as associate editor of Newsweek and as a speech-writer for the late President Johnson. His stories and articles appeared in numerous magazines, including The New Yorker and National Geographic. Jaws was his first novel, his previous two books being a story for children and a book based on his trip around the world. Peter Benchley died in 2006.
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