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The World Cross
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ISBN13: 9798332536199
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 14 2024
Pages: 340
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.76 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 14 2024
Pages: 340
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.76 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A novel of running, coming of age, mystery, and what might have been.
Three six-year-old boys leave Glasgow in 1962 for new lives in other parts of the world. Eventually they meet on their return to Glasgow in 1978, for the World Cross-Country Championship. They discover that they have more in common besides running, having experienced different traumas, but with the same mystery to solve. The race is run, questions are answered and destinies are determined.
Three six-year-old boys leave Glasgow in 1962 for new lives in other parts of the world. Eventually they meet on their return to Glasgow in 1978, for the World Cross-Country Championship. They discover that they have more in common besides running, having experienced different traumas, but with the same mystery to solve. The race is run, questions are answered and destinies are determined.
The World Cross-Country Championships really did take place in Glasgow in 1978. This is an alternative running history of what might have been. There are vivid descriptions of training and races, and passages of lively dialogue and quiet reflection. The World Cross is gritty, edgy, humorous and challenges the taken-for-granted.
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