Control [Hardcover]

William Goldman (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 305 pages
• Publisher: The Delacorte Press; 1st edition (March 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385281625
• ISBN-13: 978-0385281621
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,824,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

William Goldman has been writing books and movies for more than forty years. He has won two Academy Awards (for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men), and three Lifetime Achievement Awards in screenwriting.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best ever., September 9, 1999

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J. D. Santibanez "JDSantibanez" (Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Control (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book many years ago when I was in college. I found it intriguing, mysterious, exciting and incredible. I have read it three times already and it is one that will stay in my bookshelf as long as I have a bookshelf. Read it and enjoy the ride! The only regret: there are not enough Goldman thrillers to read.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very, very good book, July 28, 2000

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Michael Donner (Norfolk, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Control (Hardcover)

I just read the other reviews here, and I am in agreement with them - I just want to add a few words about Goldman's style. His style is absolutely captivating. He is one of the few authors I read (Trevenian also comes to mind here) not so much to see what he says, but, rather, how he says it. The book has so many stylistic gems that there is no room here to recount them all. However, I must say that the "beer identification" scene is prehaps the funniest piece of prose I have ever read. When Hagerty claims that the actor's name (Mifume, I think) is the only other Japaneese name other than "Hirohito" that he could think of, and even Eric would not have fallen for that, I swear I laughed out loud for about a week. Very, very entertaining read.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Goldman Wit and Elan -- Roar with Laughter..., July 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Control (Hardcover)

...and weep with "true love" for some wonderful characters. A bizarre (and mysterious) blend of mind control, past-life regression, and (gasp) even a wee bit of time travel. Fascinating read. Shining characterizations: a melancholic artist (murdered, or suicide?), an old cop / young cop relationship which is hilarious and touching, an evil GIANT psychopath (although gigantic, he is a bit short) who can turn his giant arm into a giant club, an evil genius who looks unnervingly similar to Henry Kissinger -- and the eerie series of events (murders, prison breaks, rooftop duels, suicides, psychic connections, etc.) which knit these engrossing characters into one heck of an engrossing tapestry. If you loved "The Princess Bride," seek, search, or hunt down "Control." But beware, it's easy to get kinda hooked on William Goldman (the higher your IQ, the greater your danger). Don't say I didn't warn ya.