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.

Waltz in Marathon
AuthorCharles Dickinson
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
September 12, 1983
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages275
ISBN039453199X

Plot summary

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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

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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."[1]

The artwork for this book was done by illustrator and children's book author Fred Marcellino.[citation needed]

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