The continual string of friends, comrades, natives and other hapless victims surrounding this hapless self trained oceanographer makes you want to question him as to whether he has an albotross around his neck. Unfortunately, we are informed in the closing chapter jumped the rescue of a young lad being attacked by Mako sharks and while the boy survived Matthews disappeard in a driving squall and choppy waves and must now be assumed lost at sea. So much for interviews. Nothing like a lurid cover to make sure the book sells. Forget showing a shark approaching a swimmer, lets just show a shark eating a swimmer.
Lets show blood, gore and oodles of flesh and see how well it sells.
Well, lets forget the time period and look at some of the other elements that are key to books in my collection. Is it done in a realistic style, check. Does it have a woman prominant on the cover, check. Does we see a lot of skin, check. Is she sensetional pose or scene of distress, check.