THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER
by Sillitoe, Alan
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- Condition
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Covina, California, United States
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76527
- Title
- THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER
- Author
- Sillitoe, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Literature
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