Scott smiths 2006 pulp horror novel was only his second book, after 1993s a simple plan, which was also adapted into a film, which he also wrote the screenplay for. Four friends jeff, stacy, amy, and eric are vacationing in cancun, mexico. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 319 pages and is available in hardcover format. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The ruins is ruthlessly frank about how most of us really behave in extremis. Scott smith shows us an aspect of ourselves and of human nature wed rather not acknowledge. His screen adaptation of a simple plan earned him an academy award nomination. Ive got my fingers crossed that sometime later this decade hell write another one and maybe itll turn out to be the greatest scifi epic ive ever read. The ruins by scott smith the 2472nd greatest fiction. Smith was born in summit, new jersey in 1965 and moved to toledo, ohio as a child.
The ruins audiobook by scott smith, patrick wilson official. Free download or read online the ruins pdf epub book. If you enjoyed a simple plan, scotts novel about a group of friends who find money in a downed plane, youll find the ruins even better. The xfiles ruins 2 cassette audiobook by kevin j anderson. Four american tourists in mexico join up with a german. The ruins scott smith, author, patrick wilson, read by, read by patrick wilson. Read the ruins by scott smith available from rakuten kobo. Scott smith, the author of the bestselling novel a simple plan is back at long last with his latest creation, the aptly titled the ruins. The plot was simplistic and the book became all too boring in its predictability.
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