Marathon Man
Goldman, William1975
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Babe is a brilliantly gifted young historian. Working on the thesis which will clear his father, hounded to death by Senator McCarthy, he is also striving through non-stop practice to become the greatest marathon runner in the world. Seemingly, Babe's earnest decency is to be rewarded at last with a share of the good times. He writes to his brother (and best friend): "After all these crummy years, my cup is running over."But Marathon Man is a different kind of book.In a few sickening days, Babe's innocent, ordered world turns into a haunted arena of pursuit and terror, where the only certainty is that nothing is certain; where the oases of light swiftly turn out to be mirages; where, caught in the ineradicable stench of the Third Reich, between agents who have only their utter ruthlessness in common, he soon finds that he need all his speed, and more...
Main title:
Marathon Man / William Goldman
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Imprint:
UK : Macmillan London Limited, 1975
Collation:
252 pgs (hbk.)
Language:
English
BRN:
2859538