Word: marek
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...latest epic by Robert Ludlum (The Matarese Circle) manages to top, if not topple, Carlos. The central character of his The Bourne Identity (Marek; 523 pages; $12.95) is an amnesiac, the result of a botched attempt on his life. From a microphotograph surgically implanted in his body, he finds the address of a bank in Zurich, an account that yields him more than $5 million, and a name: Jason Charles Bourne. As bloody memories and deadly skills return, Bourne discovers that he is a trained and instinctive killer, code-named Cain, quite possibly the match of Carlos...
...that Paul and Sharon Boorstin offered MGM Vice President John B. Tarnoff. "The Boorstins came to us with a verbal presentation: a story in the tradition of Rosemary's Baby. We gave them a $50,000 advance on the movie rights, and they went to Richard Marek with whom they made a book deal." Like many current contracts, the Boorstins' calls for a series of escalating bonuses depending on how many weeks The Glory Hand remains on the bestseller lists and whether it is picked up by a book club. Says Paul Boorstin: "The new trend in Hollywood...