The book responsible for my never swimming past 25 yards from the shore is now thirty.
Compared to Steven Spielberg’s resulting film, the book had a darker underlying theme. Matt Hooper, the marine biologist brought in to fight the shark, has an affair with Brody’s wife Ellen.
Mayor Vaughan’s insistence on keeping the beaches open, meanwhile, may have something to do with the fact he owes money to the mafia.
Spielberg has admitted that when he first read the book he found most of the characters unlikeable, and wanted the shark to win.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.