Quint

Robert Lautner

£16.99

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‘Uncannily brilliant? a book to be swallowed whole’ EVIE WYLD

‘Excellent? a profound portrait of a life dislocated by war and violence’ THE TIMES

Before there was Jaws, there was? QUINT

ISBN: 9780008647469 Category:

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‘Uncannily brilliant? a book to be swallowed whole’ EVIE WYLD

‘Excellent? a profound portrait of a life dislocated by war and violence’ THE TIMES

Before there was Jaws, there was? QUINT

Fifteen years since I landed on Amity, an island full of rich folks adrift between the Hamptons and Montauk.

Got a business and a boat, got me a truck with my name and a pretty shark scratched on the door. Carved it myself. Bad job.

I got ghosts around me, lot of ghosts. Gotta put ’em somewhere. Can’t drink ’em all. Ain’t here for company, and I only got two stories for telling company anyways.

Thinking if I get them stories down, on paper mind, then that’s just between me and the ink.

You already know the end of his story: now find out where it all began. So much more than a fisherman, Quint is a survivor, a fighter, a man who has left three wives in his wake.

From his time as a young sailor facing the horrors of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, to a deadly night-long showdown with a frenzy of sharks years later, before he finally settles on the island of Amity: this extraordinary act of literary ventriloquism is a vivid and utterly compelling reimagining of the life of a truly iconic character – from the acclaimed author of THE DRAUGHTSMAN and THE ROAD TO RECKONING.

Additional information

Weight 0.5 kg
Dimensions 24 × 15.9 × 2.8 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

288

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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