The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

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'I have read nothing to compare with it.' Penelope Mortimer

'Sillitoe writes with tremendous energy, and his stories simply tear along.' Daily Telegraph

'All the imaginative sympathy in the world can't fake this kind of thing. It must have been lived in, seen, touched, smelled: and we are lucky to have a writer who has come out of it knowing the truth, and having the skill to turn that truth into art.' New Statesman

'Graphic, tough, outspoken, informal.' The Times

'A beautiful piece of work, confirming Sillitoe as a writer of unusual spirit and great promise.' Guardian

'A major writer.' Malcolm Bradbury