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Jaws
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Overview
Jaws is a 1974 thriller by American author Peter Benchley. In the novel, a great white shark attacks people in a small resort town. The local police chief leads a voyage to catch and kill the shark to save the town from financial ruin. The novel was a commercial hit and was adapted into a 1975 film which became the highest grossing movie in history at that time. This guide uses an e-book version of the 2005 Random House edition of Jaws.
Content Warning: This book contains descriptions of animal abuse and animal death.
Plot Summary
Amity is a small resort town in Long Island, New York. The town is reliant on the summer tourist trade, when most of the local businesses make the money which will sustain them through the difficult winter months. One evening, a couple drunkenly frolics on the beach. They do not know that a great white shark is swimming nearby. The woman, Christine “Chrissie” Watkins, decides to swim. She runs into the sea and is killed by the shark. When her friend Tom wakes up, he cannot find Chrissie. He returns to his house, wakes his friends, and files a police report.
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