num_pages: 311
description: 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 MANTom "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?"
language: English
title: Marathon Man
titlecomplete: Marathon Man
characters: Peter Janeway, Elsa Opel, Dr. Christian Szell, Thomas "Babe" Levy, Henry"Doc" Levy
genres: American, Thriller, Novels, Espionage, Crime, Suspense, Classics, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 20812
places: New York City, New York, Edinburgh, Scotland
series: Babe Levy
publisher: Ballantine Books