Hungry as the Sea

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Hungry as the Sea
Hungry as the Sea cover.jpg
cover of Heinemann first edition
Author Wilbur Smith
Country South Africa
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Heinemann
Publication date
1978

Hungry as the Sea is a 1978 Wilbur Smith novel. [1]

It was his first with an American setting and was his first American best seller. [2] [3]

No film of it has been made. [4]

A screenplay to Hungry As The Sea was written by David Grober in 1983, represented by ICM.

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References

  1. Hungry as the Sea at Wilbur Smith's website
  2. Edwin McDowell. (20 April 1980). "BEHIND THE BEST SELLERS: Wilbur Smith". New York Times. p. BR10.
  3. N.R. KLEINFIELD (15 June 1980). "The Sellers of Book Rights: A Big-Money World: Subsidiary Rights". New York Times. p. F1.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (27 January 2022). "The Cinema of Wilbur Smith". Filmink.