by William Goldman · Circulo De Lectores, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422608516
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«Marathon Man» is the suspense novel by William Goldman, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (265 pages, in Spanish).
Thomas «Babe» Levy is a young New Yorker preparing his doctorate and running marathons. His relationship with Elsa and the mysterious disappearance of his brother Doc, a man linked to the CIA, draw him into a plot of diamonds stolen by a Nazi refugee in South America, Dr. Christian Szell, willing to do anything to recover them.
First installment of the Babe Levy series, originally published in 1974 and translated into Spanish by Francisco Elías.
It is suitable reading for thriller and espionage fans who want a suspense novel with a protagonist dragged into a conspiracy.
William Goldman was an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright who wrote 16 novels and numerous screenplays in a career spanning seven decades. He received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Screenplay from the BAFTAs and Golden Globes for his first original screenplay, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), and he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for All the President's Men (1976). Both of these films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, along with The Princess Bride (1987) which he adapted from his 1973 novel, and all three were included on the 2006 list by the Writers Guild of America of the 101 Greatest Screenplays. Among his other accolades were three Writers Guild of America Awards, including the 1985 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, two Edgar Awards for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
