The opening scene sees the book's author, Peter Benchley, eaten by a shark in his own swimming pool. By the end, a shark is standing upright next to a "catch" of a studio executive. It's bizarre but ...

Peter Benchley, whose first novel, “Jaws,” sold 20 million copies and helped invent the Hollywood summer blockbuster film when Steven Spielberg made the tale of a bloodthirsty shark into a ...