THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER
by Sillitoe, Alan
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Alan Sillitoe was born in 1928, the son of a tannery worker. He left school at age fourteen to work in a factory. He was one of the working-class novelists who revitalized British fiction in the 1950s. His first novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was followed with the bestselling collection The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner . He adapted both works for the screen in the early 1960s. He is the author of more than 40 works of prose, poetry, and drama.
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- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54092
- Title
- THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER
- Author
- Sillitoe, Alan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. H. Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
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