Synopses & Reviews
Acclaimed for such Academy Awardwinning screenplays as
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and such thrillers as
Marathon Man, not to mention the bestselling classic
The Princess Bride, William Goldman stands as one of the most beloved writers in America. But long before these triumphs, he caused a sensation with his brilliant first novel, a powerful story of reckless youth that was hailed as a worthy rival to
The Catcher in the Rye...
The Temple of Gold
Ray Trevitt is coming of age in the American midwest of the late 1950s. Handsome, restless, eager to live life and to find his place in the world, Ray hurtles headlong through a young man's rite of passage searching for answers and somewhere to belong. What he discovers is that within friendships and love affairs, army tours and married life, victory and tragedy, lie the experiences that will shape his destiny, scar his soul, and ultimately teach him profound lessons he never expected.
Review
"[A] fine first novel of youth....Goldman has chosen a difficult theme and pulled it off with flying colors." Chicago Tribune