The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner
by SILLITOE, Alan (1928-2010)
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine+
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 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
- Fine Editions Ltd (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BB0720
- Title
- The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner
- Author
- SILLITOE, Alan (1928-2010)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. H. Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRSTS;
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