The Island (Benchley novel)

The Island
First edition
AuthorPeter Benchley
Cover artistAlex Gotfryd/Fred Marcellino[1]
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1979
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages302
ISBN0-385-13172-0

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.