The Island (Benchley novel)

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The Island

First edition
Author	Peter Benchley
Cover artist	Alex Gotfryd/Fred Marcellino[1]
Language	English
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	1979
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	302
ISBN	0-385-13172-0

The Island is a novel by Peter Benchley, published in 1979 by Doubleday & Co. It is about a journalist and his son who are captured by a band of modern-day pirates in the Caribbean, who brainwash the boy and groom him to become leader of the pirate band. In 1980, it was made into a film adaptation under the same title, directed by Michael Ritchie.