Title: Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
First published: 1973
Description: After a New York City train leaves the Pelham station at 1:23 p.m., four armed men take control of it—along with seventeen passengers. Their demands are simple: deliver one million dollars, or the hostages will be killed one by one. Fast-paced and intensely psychological, this novel tells the story from the point of view of each of the hijackers—revealing each man’s motivations, desperations, and fatal flaws.
Subjects: Fiction, Hijacking of trains, thriller, suspense, Hostages, Fiction in English, Fiction, suspense, New york (state), fiction, Hijaking of trains, Fiction, action & adventure, New york (n.y.), fiction, Crime, fiction
Places: New York (N.Y.)