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by James Jones and James Jones

Book Overview

A playwright vacationing in Jamaica becomes dangerously obsessed with deep-sea diving Ron Grant is one of the finest playwrights of his generation, second only to Tennessee Williams in pure genius.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000OKF3AI
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 618 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

James Jones

Excellent book. Story about a playwrite who becomes obsessed with deep sea diving and the bond he forges with diving instructor at the expense of his wife and friends. His wife is a former call girl who wants to make herself a better life as she tries to change him from wild playboy to respectable husband. The guilt of a past relationship with another female character in the book haunts him. I couldnt put the book down as with all the James Jones books I have read. Not as good as From here to eternity but well worth the read. I would put James Jones as the class of Post WWII American authors.