Description: Peter Benchley, Beast. Random House, 1991. ISBN 0-679-40355-8. Stated first edition on copyright page, although, as was the method at Random House, the number line starts with 2. Benchley, the author of the best-seller Jaws, was an American author, screenwriter, and ocean activist. The book being offered for sale is in fine condition. Text block bright and clean, book boards good, corners good, dust jacket also very good. No underlining, hi-lighting, marginalia or marks in the text. No ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Tiny bit of almost imperceptible scuffing at bottom of jacket front, as indicated by my pictures, which are of the actual book being offered for sale. A fishing community in Bermuda is disrupted by a series of mysterious disappearances at sea. Veteran fisherman Whip Darling suspects the truth, and after discovering two large hooks advises confidant Marcus Sharpe, a local Navy pilot, that the culprit is Architeuthis dux: a giant squid. A marine biologist called Talley also guesses the truth after the latest disaster and convinces the millionaire father (Manning) of two of the victims to fund a hunt for the creature. The local mayor attempts to overrule all parties and participates in an exploratory mission on a mini submarine but is killed when the creature destroys the vessel. Darling's crewmate also perishes. Although reluctant to participate any further, Darling is blackmailed when Manning assumes ownership of his outstanding mortgage. Darling, Sharpe, Talley and Manning embark on a new hunt, although Manning is later killed in an accident. The creature is attracted by hormones Talley cultivated from a dead giant squid and threatens to sink their vessel. Darling wounds the creature, and its struggling attracts a sperm whale, which kills the squid. Returning to land, the group are oblivious to the fact that some of the squid's spawn have survived and due to overfishing will grow to adulthood unchallenged. Beast was adapted into a TV movie called The Beast in 1996, starring William Petersen as Whip Dalton (name change from Darling).
Price: 30 USD
Location: Aberdeen, Mississippi
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Original Language: English
Features: Dust Jacket
Type: Novel
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Narrative Type: Fiction
Edition: First Edition
Signed: No
Intended Audience: Adults
Vintage: No
Ex Libris: No
Inscribed: No
Personalized: No
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Item Height: 9.5 in
Item Length: 6.5 in
Item Width: 1 in
Number of Pages: 350 pages
Book Series: Peter Benchley
Literary Movement: Modernism
Era: 1990s
Book Title: Beast
Author: Peter Benchley
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Thrillers / General, General
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1991
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 24.6 Oz
