When his father dies in a car accident, Szell must come to New York himself to retrieve the diamonds, as there is no one else he can trust with them. The sales and transfers of proceeds are facilitated by a secret US agency called "The Division" for whom Szell has provided information about other escaped Nazis. The diamonds are kept at a bank in New York by his father. Christian Szell, now residing in Paraguay, has been living on the proceeds of diamonds he extorted from prisoners there. In 1976 it was made into a film of the same name, with a screenplay by Goldman, starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, and Roy Scheider and directed by John Schlesinger.Ī former Nazi SS dentist at Auschwitz, Dr. It was Goldman's most successful thriller novel, and his second suspense novel. Marathon Man is a 1974 conspiracy thriller novel by William Goldman.
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