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Sequel to: Marathon man. Altered beyond recognition, a man thought by the world to be dead, is summoned into service again in the ultrasecret Division. His mission is to stop a World War.Tags
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I enjoyed reading the book, but I didn't really like the ending too much. In fact, I didn't fully understand what was happening. Mostly, I enjoyed the humor.
Todos pensam que Cila está morto. Mas este implacável matador profissional fez uma cirurgia plástica para mudar o rosto. Ele é um dos três únicos seres vivos que conhecem um segredo espantoso! IrreconhecÃvel, Cila parte para a desesperada missão de salvar a humanidade de uma hecatombe. Ele tem de eliminar os cientistas que criaram fantásticas superarmas. E também matar um misterioso assassino loiro.
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69+ Works 41,348 Members
William Goldman was born in Highland Park, Illinois on August 12, 1931. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Oberlin College and a master's degree from Columbia University. He began his writing career in 1957 and wrote his first screenplay Masquerade in 1965. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 20 screenplays and over 20 novels. He show more wrote the screenplays for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Misery, A Bridge Too Far, The Stepford Wives, and Chaplin. He adapted three screenplays from his own novels including The Princess Bride, Marathon Man, and Heat. His other novels included The Temple of Gold, No Way to Treat a Lady, Adventures in the Screen Trade, Hype and Glory, and Which Lie Did I Tell. He sometimes wrote under pseudonyms during his career including S. Morgenstern and Harry Langlaugh. He won three Lifetime Achievement Awards for Screenwriting, including the 1985 Laurel Award for Lifetime Achievement in Screenwriter. He won two Screenwriter of the Year Awards and two Academy Awards, one for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the other for All the President's Men. He also won an English Academy Award. He died from colon cancer and pneumonia on November 16, 2018 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Brothers
- Original publication date
- 1986
- People/Characters
- Scylla; Alfred Perkins; Malcolm Beverage; Milo Standish; Tom 'Babe' Levy; Melissa Levy (show all 7); Martha Anne McGivern
- First words
- ... dusk settling over the Caribbean ... the giant emerged from the smooth waters, stood, walked to the beach ... 'giant' was the wrong word, he lacked the prerequisite size ... but it came to mind because his naked body, tan... (show all)ned so deeply by the sun, gave off such power ... and he was big ... big in the shoulders especially ... from somewhere on the small deserted island, the birds were doing their night vocalizing ... they had been his chief companions for so many years ... how many years ...?
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Now both brothers wept...
- Original language
- English
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