Barracuda. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2013 book
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Barracuda
Christos Tsiolkas, 2013
TV series vs book
Robert Connolly, 2016

The story is set in 1996 and revolves around Danny Kelly, a gifted swimmer who receives a sports scholarship to attend a prestigious private school in Melbourne. Being half Greek and half Irish and from a working-class background, he is subjected to harassment from the wealthy students. Despite this, Danny dreams of winning a swimming gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. With the help of his highly regarded coach Frank Torma, Danny develops a friendship and rivalry with his teammate Martin Taylor, which inspires him to break a world record.


The Dry. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2016 book
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The Dry
Jane Harper, 2016
movie vs book
Robert Connolly, 2020

Federal Police agent Aaron Falk returns to the struggling farming community of Kiewarra for the funeral of his childhood best friend, Luke Hadler. While Falk is loath to confront the townspeople who rejected him twenty years earlier, the circumstances around the deaths of the Hadlers, what appears to be a murder-suicide, compels him to dig deeper into the events leading up to the tragedy.


Force of Nature: The Dry 2. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2017 book, Force of Nature
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Force of Nature
Jane Harper, 2017
movie vs book
Robert Connolly, 2023

A group of five women embarks on a hiking retreat, but when they emerge from the experience, only four remain. Federal agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper venture into the mountains, driven by the hope of locating their informant who they believe might still be alive.