Jaws The Revenge by Hank Searls

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Published April 21, 2011

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Novelizations usually deepen a movie’s story. But Jaws: The Revenge is not exactly working from ideal source material. As part of Now Playing Podcast’s Jaws retrospective, Stuart takes a look at Hank Searls’ novelization of the most infamous entry in the franchise. Tasked with turning a screenplay about a vengeance-driven shark into coherent prose, Searls had plenty of narrative gaps to fill. Does the book add logic, character motivation, or even suspense that the film lacked? Join Stuart as he compares page to screen and decides whether this literary take sinks or swims.

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Book Details

Author
Hank Searls
Published
1987
Publisher
Berkley
Pages
195
ISBN
9780425105467
Genres
Revenge, Sharks

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