"Marathon Man" by William Goldman

William Goldman's remarkable career spanned more than five decades, and his credentials ran the gamut from bestselling novelist to Oscar-winning screenwriter to Hollywood raconteur. He was beloved by millions of readers as the author of the classic comic-romantic fantasy The Princess Bride. And he was 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 MAN

Tom "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?"