The Poseidon Adventure (novel)

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The Poseidon Adventure

First edition (publ. Coward-McCann)
Author	Paul Gallico
Language	English
Genre	Adventure novel
Published	1969
OCLC	646962610
Followed by	Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure is an American adventure novel by Paul Gallico, published in 1969. It concerns the capsizing of a luxurious ocean liner, the S.S. Poseidon, due to an undersea earthquake that causes a 90-foot (27-meter) wave, and the desperate struggles of a handful of survivors to reach the bottom of the liner's hull before the ship sinks.