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Marathon Man
Marathon Man
Author: William Goldman
A preliminary chapter brings on two old men, Rosenbaum and Hesse (also known as Szell), who get into a wild jockeying car race in Manhatten that ends in death. Chapter one enter Levy, brilliant student who dreams of being a better runner than Nurmi. Chapter two and here's Scylla, cold, deadly secret agent in the first of his murderous episodes. ...  more »
ISBN: 259924
Publication Date: 9/1976
Pages: 268
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Publisher: Dell
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Try not to let anyone tell you how it ends - a dazzling display. Funny and savage, baffling and logical. Irwin Shaw
An immobilizing thriller. Should run rings around any other book of this kind. The Kirkus Reviews
An exciting - often funny, often sad - chase, filled with violence, sudden death and torture. Goldman does a masterly job Associated Press
A cliff-hanger. International skulduggery, clandestine mayhem, and sweet revenge. Ft Worth Star Telegram
The best American thriller this year. Also one of the best novels of the year. Washington Post
Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club. Made into a major motion picture by Paramount starring Dustin Hoffman.


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