Quint

Hardback Published on: 01/02/2024
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Quint
A Great Read
How refreshing to read a raw and uncompromisingly masculine book! We need more of this type of powerful, honest and throbbing novel. It must have been temp... READ MORE
Sean O'Conor

Synopsis

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.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780008647469
  • Number of pages: 288
  • Dimensions: 240 x 159 x 28 mm
  • Weight: 500g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Quint
Brilliant
It matters not whether you’ve seen Jaws. This is a brilliant character study; Quint as a person with flaws, quirks and frailties leaps off every page, I ... READ MORE
Anita Wallas
Quint
Absolutely incredible
I first saw Jaws as a child and, like most people, it had a huge impact - I became scared that even the swimming pool might contain a shark but also a life... READ MORE
Rachel
Quint
Man Vs. Sea
I recently re-read Peter Benchley’s “Jaws” (1974) recently because I was aware of this novel on the horizon which is a memoir of main character Quint. Now... READ MORE
ReadbyPhil
Quint
From prey to predator.
Quint certainly is a character. A survivor from the sinking of the USS Indianapolis when he was a young man, where so many of his fellow matelots fell prey... READ MORE
the moving finger writes
Quint
Wow!
I saw JAWS in the cinema the summer it came out in 1975. It has been a favourite ever since. I read the Peter Benchley novel about the same time. The chara... READ MORE
AnneJar55
Quint
Quint
Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for this ARC. I loved the character of Quint in Jaws but for some reason I couldn't fully get into this. I enj... READ MORE
Sue Davies
Quint
Visceral tale of a life fully lived
Before Jaws the movie was Peter Benchley’s Jaws the novel, published in 1974, in which he introduced the grizzled, jaded Captain Quint (no first name). Her... READ MORE
Huttson Lo
Quint
A perfect prequel to Jaws
Its hard to believe that Robert Lautner actually wasn't Quint, an amazing back story that puts the film into full perspective!
Philip Reed
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