
Peter Benchley's Jaws first appeared in 1974. As well as Steven Spielberg's film adaptation, the novel has sold over twenty million copies around the world, creating a legend that refuses to die.
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 holiday makers. 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 . . .
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781447220039
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 236 g
Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 20 mm
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The novel which helped invent the summer block buster movie release and made it absolutely impossible for normal people to enjoy a quiet dip in the ocean is a book that millions of people know about but very few... More
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