If youve only seen the film one of the best ever imho the book is worth reading. It tells the story of a great white shark that preys upon a small resort town and the voyage of three men trying to kill it. Peter gordon and blue gene tyranny are longtime lovely music stalwarts, having. Digitally remastered reissue of an old lovely music lp from 1978. This was benchleys 1st novel and he captured lightning in a bottle. Peter benchley, whose novel jaws made millions think twice about stepping into the water even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died at age 65, his. Peter gordon born june 20, 1951, new york city is an american experimental composer and musician, whose music has influences as diverse as jazz, opera, rock and world music. Peter bradford benchley may 8, 1940 february 11, 2006 was an american author, screenwriter, and ocean activist. For 40 years hes gathered ingredients, textures and techniques from across the worlds kitchen, combining them in thrilling new ways to imagine the impossible. Tim burgess shares a song from his upcoming album with peter gordon.
He wrote the bestselling novel jaws and cowrote its. Westmusik, with thomas fehlmann zickzack records, 1983. It is forty years since a littleknown writer named peter benchley published a first novel called jaws. He has released several albums, and has also composed film and theatre scores. The novel grew out of benchleys interest in shark attacks after he learned about the exploits of shark fisherman frank mundus in 1964. Though some of the works on trust in rock also appear on peter gordons star jaws and blue gene tyrannys out of the blue, many others are available here. Gordons recordings include star jaws lovely music 1978, extended niceties lustunlust 1979, geneva lustunlust 1980, casino italian. Estimated sales of 20 million books changed benchleys life forever, not to mention. Burgess releases his new book tim book two on july 21 about his. Peter benchley was 27 when he quit his job writing for president johnson to write a book about a villainous killer shark that stalked, and ate, members of a small island community.
The differences from the film adaptation are interesting. With eight books to his name, a roll call of awardwinning restaurants from the sugar club to the providores and tapa room. Listen as charlatans singer tim burgess releases album with peter. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon.
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