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''The Temple of Gold'' is a 1957 novel by William Goldman. It was Goldman's first novel, and launched his career. ==Background== The novel was written in three weeks over the summer he graduated from college, in June-July 1956.〔"Butch Cassidy' Was: My Western, 'Magic' Is My Hitchcock' 'Magic' Is My Hitchcock" By RALPH TYLER. ''New York Times'' (1923-Current file) (York, N.Y ) 12 Nov 1978: D23.〕 Goldman had never written a novel before, but had several years experience of writing short stories. The title ''Temple of Gold'' was taken from the film ''Gunga Din''.〔William Goldman, ''Which Lie Did I Tell?'', Bloomsbury 2000 p 243-244〕 Another influence on the book was the novel ''Bonjour Tristesse''.〔Egan p 14〕 Goldman had recently done military service and met a man who had an agent. He sent the novel to the agent, and through him got representation from Joe McCrindle. McCrindle sent it to Knopf, who accepted it for publication.〔Egan p 9〕〔'William Goldman, an Early Success', ''Chicago Tribune'' (1963-Current file) (Ill ) 02 Aug 1964: l1.〕 Goldman said Knopf: Wanted me to double it in length and I didn't know what to do about that... That's still the most amazing thing I've ever heard any young writer be told. I was able to do it through some kind of madness but, Jesus, it's an insane thing for an editor to say.〔Egan p 9〕 Goldman says he has "no idea why" Knopf accepted the novel "but one of the things that happened, there was an interest in publishing books by young writers and I was one of those writers who basically got picked up along with it."〔Egan p 10〕 Goldman later reflected: I never would have continued as a writer if ''The Temple of Gold'' had not been taken by the first publisher I sent it to. I'm not that masochistic. There was no way I was going to write anymore. I didn't know that then, but I know it now. There was no encouragement; no one ever said I had any talent. I had never written anything much over two pages long. I had done badly in school in terms of writing. I did not want to be a failure, but I did not have the courage to write a second book if the first had not been accepted.〔Richard Andersen, ''William Goldman'', Twayne Publishers, 1979 p 26〕 A 2001 Ballantine paperback edition of the novel included as an afterword a first chapter removed by Knopf.〔Egan p 16〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Temple of Gold」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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