Marathon Man

Marathon ManWilliam Goldman's remarkable career spans more than five decades, and his credentials run the gamut from bestselling novelist to Oscar winning screenwriter to Hollywood raconteur. He's beloved by millions of readers as the author of the classic comic romantic fantasy The Princess Bride. And he's notorious for creating the most harrowing visit to the dentist in literary and cinematic history in one of the seminal thrillers of the twentieth century. . .

William Goldman's remarkable career spans more than five decades, and his credentials run the gamut from bestselling novelist to Oscar-winning screenwriter to Hollywood raconteur. He's beloved by millions of readers as the author of the classic comic-romantic fantasy The Princess Bride. And he's notorious for creating the most harrowing visit to the dentist in literary and cinematic history--in one of the seminal thrillers of the twentieth century. . . .

MARATHON MAN

Tom "Babe" Levy is a runner in every sense: racing tirelessly toward his goals of athletic and academic excellence--and endlessly away from the specter of his famous father's scandal-driven suicide. But an unexpected visit from his beloved older brother will set in motion a chain of events that plunge Babe into a vortex of terror, treachery, and murder--and force him into a race for his life . . . and for the answer to the fateful question, "Is it safe?"

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 07/03/2001
ISBN: 9780345439727
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 01/30/2009 pg. 101
Entertainment Weekly 03/21/2014 pg. 41