Valerie Taylor is Ron Taylor’s wife and one of the two Australian divers who accompany Peter Gimbel on his documentary expedition. She and Ron are something of a celebrity couple in Australia, and Valerie brings the glamour to their pairing. She and Ron balk at Gimbel’s flagrant ambition, and their reserved nature seems both obvious and distinctively Australian when compared to Gimbel’s brash, American extraversion.
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The Demon Shark
...between the Australians and the Americans. Matthiessen is fascinated by the Australian divers, Ron and Valerie Taylor, even suggesting that Ron is a shark-like figure.
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