The Temple of Gold [Paperback]

Acclaimed for such Academy Award—winning screenplays asButchCassidy and the Sundance Kidand such thrillers asMarathon Man, not to mention the bestselling classicThe Princess Bride, William Goldman stands as one of the most beloved writers in America. But long before these triumphs, he caused a sensation with his brilliant first novel, a powerful story of reckless youth that was hailed as a worthy rival toThe Catcher in the Rye.

THE TEMPLE OF GOLD

Ray Trevitt is coming of age in the American midwest of the late 1950s. Handsome, restless, eager to live life and to find his place in the world, Ray hurtles headlong through a young man’s rite of passage–searching for answers and somewhere to belong. What he discovers is that within friendships and love affairs, army tours and married life, victory and tragedy, lie the experiences that will shape his destiny, scar his soul, and ultimately teach him profound lessons he never expected.
“[A] fine first novel of youth . . . Goldman has chosen a difficult theme and pulled it off with flying colors.”
–Chicago TribuneWilliam Goldmanis an Academy Award–winning author of screenplays, plays, memoirs, and novels. His first novel,The Temple of Gold(1957), was followed by the script for the Broadway army comedyBlood, Sweat and Stanley Poole(1961). He went on to write the screenplays for many acclaimed films, includingButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969) andAll the President’s Men(1976), for which he won two Academy Awards. He adapted his own novels for the hit moviesMarathon Man(1976) andThe Princess Bride(1987).The Family

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