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Control
Details the terrifying course of events that occurs as, one by one, suddenly and inexplicably, happy, successful, and apparently normal people lose control
305 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1982
About the author
William Goldman
87 books2,743 followersGoldman grew up in a Jewish family in Highland Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, and obtained a BA degree at Oberlin College in 1952 and an MA degree at Columbia University in 1956.His brother was the late James Goldman, author and playwright.
William Goldman had published five novels and had three plays produced on Broadway before he began to write screenplays. Several of his novels he later used as the foundation for his screenplays.
In the 1980s he wrote a series of memoirs looking at his professional life on Broadway and in Hollywood (in one of these he famously remarked that "Nobody knows anything"). He then returned to writing novels. He then adapted his novel The Princess Bride to the screen, which marked his re-entry into screenwriting.
Goldman won two Academy Awards: an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for All the President's Men. He also won two Edgar Awards, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Best Motion Picture Screenplay: for Harper in 1967, and for Magic (adapted from his own 1976 novel) in 1979.
Goldman died in New York City on November 16, 2018, due to complications from colon cancer and pneumonia. He was eighty-seven years old.
William Goldman had published five novels and had three plays produced on Broadway before he began to write screenplays. Several of his novels he later used as the foundation for his screenplays.
In the 1980s he wrote a series of memoirs looking at his professional life on Broadway and in Hollywood (in one of these he famously remarked that "Nobody knows anything"). He then returned to writing novels. He then adapted his novel The Princess Bride to the screen, which marked his re-entry into screenwriting.
Goldman won two Academy Awards: an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for All the President's Men. He also won two Edgar Awards, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Best Motion Picture Screenplay: for Harper in 1967, and for Magic (adapted from his own 1976 novel) in 1979.
Goldman died in New York City on November 16, 2018, due to complications from colon cancer and pneumonia. He was eighty-seven years old.
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September 6, 2026
En ciertos momentos sentía que tenía un ritmo demasiado lento y no lograba conectar tanto con la narrativa (de ahí que me haya tardado tanto en leer una obra de apenas 300 páginas), pero decidí continuarla para no dejarlo incompleto y tomé una muy buena decisión. Personas que con vidas aparentemente normales empiezan a perder el control y a cometer cosas que no deberían. Un gran misterio saber qué está ocasionando todo esto.
Tiene todo lo que en estos últimos meses me ha atrapado: conspiraciones, preguntas, proyectos secretos... En cierto momento la historia despega y te hace querer llegar al final de todo por el ritmo tan bueno que tiene. Me hubiera gustado un poco más de descripción en ciertas partes y que fuera un poco más digerible lo que sucedía, porque siento que en algunos puntos todo va tan rápido que si no estás siendo atento, puedes perderte. Fuera de eso, muy entretenida esta obra de Goldman.
Tiene todo lo que en estos últimos meses me ha atrapado: conspiraciones, preguntas, proyectos secretos... En cierto momento la historia despega y te hace querer llegar al final de todo por el ritmo tan bueno que tiene. Me hubiera gustado un poco más de descripción en ciertas partes y que fuera un poco más digerible lo que sucedía, porque siento que en algunos puntos todo va tan rápido que si no estás siendo atento, puedes perderte. Fuera de eso, muy entretenida esta obra de Goldman.
June 26, 2026
Me encantó, al inicio sentí que era un poco lento pero me gustó mucho como se construyó todo
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