The Deep [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Peter Benchley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 19, 1977

A young couple go to Bermuda on their honeymoon. They dive on the reefs offshore, looking for the wreck of a sunken ship. What they find lures them into a strange and increasingly terrifying encounter with past and present, a struggle for salvage and survival along the floor of the sea, in the deep.

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Peter Benchley was the bestselling author of Jaws, The Deep, and Beast, among others. He wrote screenplays for the movie versions of three of his novels and wrote, narrated, and appeared in dozens of television documentaries.
Mark Feuerstein has been on television in shows like Royal Pains, Good Morning, Miami, The West Wing, and 3 Lbs. He has been seen in such films as What Women Want, The Muse, Practical Magic, In Her Shoes, and most recently Defiance, starring Daniel Craig.

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 446 pages
• Publisher: Imprint unknown; Large type edition edition (September 19, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0860430413
• ISBN-13: 978-0860430414
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Story..., July 7, 2005

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P. Robinson "Relic113" (Calgary) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Deep (Hardcover)

Secretly, I think all of us want to find sunken pirate treasure. Am I wrong? Benchley tells another ocean oriented story about a married couple on their honeymoon who happen upon something very interesting while on a routine wreck dive. There are many myths about what this ship was carrying, and now there is a race to confirm the whereabouts of the long lost treasure.
There are no typical monsters (as we are used to seeing from Benchley) however, when we see how people can act when gold is at stake, we see a monster more fearsome than anything seen in Jaws or The Beast.
Buy this book, its a hidden treasure to be sure...

Relic113

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that deserves better credit!, July 13, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Deep (Hardcover)

After reading some of the other reviews, I was shocked at how some people responded. This book is just as good as Jaws. In fact, I think this is one of his greatest books. While it may have been a little slow paced at times, most of the book was riveting. For example, for the last 50 pages, I did not want to put the book down, Benchely held my interest throughout the whole book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay thriller in Bermudan waters, June 30, 2010

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New England Pat (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Deep (Hardcover)

Peter Benchley's yarn is about a vacationing couple who plumb the coral reefs near Bermuda looking for treasure and find something else that puts their lives in great danger. A cache of morphine from the hold of a sunken military supply ship circa 1943 is found by accident and the discovery comes to the attention of drug dealers who want to profit from the lucrative sale of heroin the refined morphine will bring. A gruff, seaworthy islander comes to the couple's rescue and the drama eventually plays out beneath the sea near the coral reefs. A movie was produced in 1977 based on the book and, though not the success "Jaws" was, turned out to be better than Benchley's novel.