Imagine a life of adventure, set in the world of second-hand books: finding a valuable first edition gathering dust on a Parisian pub shelf, opening bookshops in Montpellier, Paris, Bangor,...
What happens when a childhood hobby grows into a lifelong career? The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Adrian Tomine's funniest and most revealing foray into autobiography, offers an array of unexpected answers.
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner and Other Stories
The talented writer, mostly writing sports articles and a single newspaper article (Summer Story "Down Down"), was the harbinger of truth for this book.
Kenneth Allsop came to interview me for the Daily Mail, and I had sharp words with the photographer who wanted a picture of me riding a donkey through the Kasbah. The Rats and Other Poems was published during my stay in Morocco, ...
The undisputed classic of running novels and one of the most beloved sports books ever published, Once a Runner tells the story of an athlete’s dreams amid the turmoil of the 60s and the Vietnam war.
Saturday 7 October 2000.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
From the bestselling author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, The Broken Chariot explores work, class, life, and love in postwar England.