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The Poseidon Adventure (1969) by Paul Gallico

12/17/2015

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Disparate group of luxury liner passengers must struggle to survive after a seaquake turns their ship upside down in international waters where it may sink at any moment.  Strong story, driven by characters who are salvaged from sentimentality by Gallico's refusal to succumb to escapist expectations.  Gets better as it goes along and includes that rarest of literary fish, the satisfying ending.  Made into a movie in 1972, which spawned a literary sequel from Gallico, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, as well as two remakes, one for TV (2005) and one for the big screen called simply Poseidon (2006).

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