David Kinney, whose book about the monthlong Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby has been optioned by Steven Spielberg, returned to the Rock today.
This year’s derby is underway, but Kinney wasn’t there to fish. The author of "The Big One: An Island, An Obsession, and the Furious Pursuit of a Great Fish" spoke to injured vets who were invited by derby organizers to take part in the tourney. (The soldiers, who came from hospitals in Maine and D.C., were put up at Bob Nixon’s Beach Plum Inn in Chilmark and treated to a special screening of Spielberg’s classic "Jaws.") Kinney isn’t sure when the book might make it to the big screen, but he’s not holding his breath.