Name: Marathon man
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Author: William Goldman
ISBN: 9780345439727

Type

Physical Book

Author

William Goldman

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Year

2001

Language

English

Pages

311

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8 x 14.0 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.39 kg.

ISBN

0345439724

ISBN13

9780345439727

Edition No.

Synopsis "Marathon man "

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?"

William Goldman

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William Goldman nació en Highland Park, Illinois (Estados Unidos) el 12 de agosto de 1931. Se estrenó como novelista en 1957 con "The Temple of Gold", y se hizo famoso con "La princesa prometida", que llevó a la pantalla el director de cine Rob Reiner. Firmó novelas con dos pseudónimos, Harry Longbaugh (con el que firmó "No Way To Treat a Lady") y Simon Morguestern (con el que firmó "La Princesa Prometida" y "Los gondoleros silenciosos". En el mundo cinematográfico se hizo muy popular con algunos de sus guiones, como los de las películas "Butch Cassidy and the Sundace Kid (Dos hombres y un destino) con el que ganó su primer premio Óscar, "Todos los hombres del presidente" (su segundo Óscar), "Maraton man", "La princesa prometida", "Misery" (adaptación de una novela de Stephen King), "Memorias de un hombre invisible", "El año del cometa", "Chaplin", "Maverick" o "El indomable Will Hunting". En la actualidad vive en Manhattan, Nueva York (EE.UU).

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