Quint

Quint, a survivor of war and violence, has settled on Amity Island, where he has a business and a boat. He is a vivid and compelling reimagining of the life of a truly iconic character, from the acclaimed author of THE DRAUGHTSMAN and THE ROAD TO RECKONING.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Uncannily brilliant, a book to be swallowed whole.

EVIE WYLD, ‘Excellent… a profound portrait of a life dislocated by war and violence.

THE TIMES.

Before there was Jaws, there was… QUINT.

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. Aint 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 – from the acclaimed author of THE DRAUGHTSMAN and THE ROAD TO RECKONING.

Weight: 494g
Dimension: 161 x 242 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008647469