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| Author | Charles Dickinson |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Publication date | September 12, 1983 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 275 |
| ISBN | 039453199X |
Waltz in Marathon is a 1983 novel written by Charles Dickinson, about a loan shark whose life is changed by the return of his grown children and an old romance.
Plot summary
Gentleman loan shark Harry Waltz, a sixty-one-year-old resident of Marathon, Michigan, finds his life dramatically altered by the return of his grown children and his romance with Mary Hale, a successful, forty-year-old lawyer.
Reception
Waltz in Marathon received positive reviews from critics. Ruth Doan MacDougall of The Christian Science Monitor wrote that "This is a startling first novel, mature and professional, abounding with good spirits."
The artwork for this book was done by illustrator and children's book author Fred Marcellino.
References
- "Harry Waltz, Loan Shark, at home; Waltz in Marathon, by Charles Dickinson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 276 pp". Christian Science Monitor. 1983-12-02. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
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