Review
Any insider will relish the running descriptions. Any outsider cannot help but be fascinated by the inner workings of a big city marathon. —-Kathrine Switzer, author, Marathon WomanHal Higdon already knew as much as anyone could know about the history and insider workings of marathoning. Why not write a novel about one big-city race? Why not follow a tried-and-true formula–the hour-by-hour countdown to a major event–that allowed for maximum intersection of people and events, especially unexpected events, as the clock ticks down to the final minutes? Suspense builds, the reader turns the pages rapidly, eager to find out what the next minute will bring. Of course, I’m not going to reveal much more about what happens in Marathon. That’s up to you to discover. I’ll say this however: No matter how many marathons you’ve run, you haven’t yet run one as dramatic and surprise-filled as this one, the annual Lake City Marathon. The things that happen in Marathon are big (more…)
