購物比價找書網找車網
FindBook  
 有 1 項符合

The Book of Quint

的圖書
The Book of Quint The Book of Quint

作者:Dacko 
出版社:Amberley Publishing
出版日期:2024-01-23
語言:英文   規格:平裝 / 416頁 / 普通級/ 初版
圖書選購
型式價格供應商所屬目錄
 
$ 1026
博客來 博客來
冒險/西部小說
圖書介紹 - 資料來源:博客來   評分:
圖書名稱:The Book of Quint

內容簡介

This novel, the result of extensive research by the author, expands the Jaws universe, and adds crucial backstory that enhances the experience of watching what many still consider to be the greatest movie ever made.

"1100 men went into the water..." So begins the critically acclaimed and haunting monologue by actor Robert Shaw as grizzled shark hunter Quint in the movie Jaws, in which he describes his experience as a survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the dying days of the Second World War.

The USS Indianapolis was returning from delivering the first atomic bomb to Tinian, and on her way to the Philippines when a Japanese submarine hit her with two torpedoes. The ship sank in twelve minutes, leaving hundreds of crew members floating in the ocean with hardly any food, water, or lifeboats. During the next five days most died from exposure, salt poisoning, dehydration, and the worst mass shark attacks in recorded history. Only 316 of 1195 crew survived. This historic event provides the motivation for the iconic character Quint in Jaws.

As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of Jaws, the first summer blockbuster, author and host of the podcast The Jaw Obsession Ryan Dacko has written the definitive prequel novel to the movie Jaws, telling the story of Quint. Beginning with him adrift in the Philippine Sea after the sinking, and after the end of the war following him first to San Fransisco and then to Amity Island, we read of how and when he acquires his many scars, of how he comes to own his boat The Orca and how he develops his technique for hunting sharks as seen in the movie. Along the way we meet figures from history such as Charles McVay, captain of the doomed Indianapolis, and characters from the movie Jaws such as Larry Vaughan, the slippery Mayor of Amity Island, Ichthyologist Matt Hooper and Quint’s mate Herschel Salvatore.

This novel, the result of extensive research by the author, expands the Jaws universe, and adds crucial backstory that enhances the experience of watching what many still consider to be the greatest movie ever made. It is a story of overcoming odds, survivor’s guilt, PTSD, one man’s quest for justice, and lots of sharks.

 

作者簡介

Ryan Dacko is a US Coast Guard veteran, who served as a search and rescue boat operator in the North Atlantic and on the US Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star from the North Pole to Antarctica. He is a licensed underwater welder and worked as a professional commercial deep-sea diver.

Ryan operated an independent film company where he received awards on film festival circuits and sold his award-winning documentary Plan 9 from Syracuse to Netflix in 2007. Ryan keeps a writing notebook on the dashboard of his line truck while working as a high-voltage line mechanic, living with his wife and three kids in Syracuse, New York. He is the host and creator of The Jaws Obsession podcast, ranked in the top 3% of all podcasts around the world by ListenNotes.com. The Book of Quint is his debut novel.

 

詳細資料

  • ISBN:9781398122475
  • 規格:平裝 / 416頁 / 普通級 / 初版
  • 出版地:美國
贊助商廣告
 
 
博客來 - 暢銷排行榜
百姓貴族 8
出版日期:2024-10-25
$ 153 
Taaze 讀冊生活 - 暢銷排行榜
我可能錯了:森林智者的最後一堂人生課
作者:比約恩.納提科.林德布勞、卡洛琳.班克勒、納維德.莫迪里
出版社:先覺出版
出版日期:2023-02-01
$ 355 
金石堂 - 暢銷排行榜
艷事染惑
作者:越山弱衰
出版社:未來數位有限公司
出版日期:2024-11-13
$ 237 
博客來 - 暢銷排行榜
世界上最透明的故事(日本出版界話題作,只有紙本書可以體驗的感動)
作者:杉井光
出版社:皇冠
出版日期:2024-09-30
$ 284 
 
博客來 - 新書排行榜
生命中最大的寶藏就是你自己Stand by Yourself
作者:曾寶儀
出版社:天下文化
出版日期:2024-10-31
$ 331 
博客來 - 新書排行榜
屁屁偵探讀本11 新的怪盜
出版日期:2024-11-04
$ 237 
博客來 - 新書排行榜
青春之箱 15 (首刷限定版)
出版日期:2024-11-08
$ 153 
博客來 - 新書排行榜
神奇柑仔店17:消痛巧克力的危機
出版日期:2024-10-31
$ 284 
 

©2024 FindBook.com.tw -  購物比價  找書網  找車網  服務條款  隱私權政策