{"product_id":"marathon-man-9780345439727","title":"Marathon Man","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. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMARATHON MAN \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom \"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?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Goldman\u003c\/b\u003e is an Academy Award-winning author of screenplays, plays, memoirs, and novels. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Temple of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), was followed by the script for the Broadway army comedy \u003ci\u003eBlood, Sweat and Stanley Poole\u003c\/i\u003e (1961). He went on to write the screenplays for many acclaimed films, including \u003ci\u003eButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid\u003c\/i\u003e (1969) and \u003ci\u003eAll the President's Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), for which he won two Academy Awards. He adapted his own novels for the hit movies \u003ci\u003eMarathon Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1976) and \u003ci\u003eThe Princess Bride\u003c\/i\u003e (1987).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514065195282,"sku":"9780345439727","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_84f2c57a-746d-4939-bcc8-2848cc07355a.jpg?v=1730972258","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/marathon-man-9780345439727","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}