Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Alan Silletoe - The loneliness of a long distance runner

Published in 1959
series of short stories - a good but very quick read

  • The loneliness of a long distance runner
  • Uncle Ernest - suffering from shell-shock, befriends two girls in a cafe
  • Mr Raynor the schoolteacher - sits at his class, but watches the shop girls over the road
  • The fishing boat picture
  • Noah's Ark
  • On Saturday Afternoon - A young boy helps a man attempt to hang himself
  • The Match
  • The disgrace of Jim Scarfedale
  • The decline and fall of Frankie Buller

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