| 词条 | Waltz in Marathon |
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| name = Waltz in Marathon | author = Charles Dickinson | language = English | country = United States | genre = Fiction | publisher = Alfred A. Knopf | isbn = 039453199X | release_date = September 12, 1983 | media_type = Print (Hardcover) | pages = 275 | image = Waltz_in_marathon_book_cover.jpg }}Waltz in Marathon is a 1983 fiction 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 summaryGentleman 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. ReceptionWaltz 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."[1] Kirkus Reviews stated that "this is uncommonly satisfying fiction--with bright, intimately etched scenes, Dickinson's self-assured style (quiet, artful). . . and, above all, characters of quality and qualities."[2]Cover ArtThe artwork for this book was done by famed illustrator and children's book author Fred Marcellino.[3] References1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1983/1202/120227.html|title=Harry Waltz, Loan Shark, at home; Waltz in Marathon, by Charles Dickinson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 276 pp.|date=1983-12-02|work=Christian Science Monitor|access-date=2017-11-22|issn=0882-7729}} 2. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/charles-dickinson-3/waltz-in-marathon/|title=WALTZ IN MARATHON by Charles Dickinson {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}} 3. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9646453|title=Waltz in Marathon|last=1951-|first=Dickinson, Charles,|date=1983|publisher=Knopf|isbn=039453199X|edition=1st|location=New York|oclc=9646453}} External links
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