The Loneliness of the Long-Distance RunnerNine classic short stories portraying the isolation, criminality, morality, and rebellion of the working class from award winning, bestselling author Alan Sillitoe The titular story follows the internal decisions and external oppressions of a seventeen year old inmate in a juvenile detention center who is known only by his surname, Smith. The wardens have given the boy a light workload because he shows talent as a runner. But if he wins the national

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Among Others is a patchwork memoir of a lifetime's encounters

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drawing rooms and dirty laundry of Victorian London

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both of their lives are changed forever

Among them is Sergeant Jack Tanner

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