The loneliness of the long-distance runner

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This is the creed of the Bortstal boy and his audacious companions, fresh from reform school and ready to take on the world. An authentic and vivacious portrait, written from the inside, of which it means to be lower class in Britain.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sillitoe, Alan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : New American Library, [©1959]
Series:Signet book ; T3960
Subjects:
Working class > Fiction.
Travailleurs > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Working class.
Loneliness in teenagers > Fiction.
Nottingham (England) > Fiction.
England > Nottingham.
Fictional Work
English fiction
Fiction.
Romans.
Table of Contents:
  • The loneliness of the long-distance runner
  • Uncle Ernest
  • Mr. Raynor the school teacher
  • The fishing-boat picture
  • Noah's ark
  • On Saturday afternoon
  • The match
  • The disgrace of Jim Scarfedale
  • The decline and fall of Frankie Buller.

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