John L Parker
Author
Series
Publication Date
2015
Language
English
Description
From the author of the New York Times bestselling Once a Runner—acclaimed by Runner's World as "the best novel ever written about running"—comes that novel's prequel, the story of a world-class athlete coming of age in the 1950s and '60s on Florida's Gold Coast.
Quenton Cassidy is the skinniest boy in school, and also one of the fastest. Cassidy spends his afternoons exploring his primal surroundings: the...
Quenton Cassidy is the skinniest boy in school, and also one of the fastest. Cassidy spends his afternoons exploring his primal surroundings: the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scribner
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Again to Carthage is the "breathtaking, pulse-quickening, stunning" sequel to Once a Runner that "will have you standing up and cheering, and pulling on your running shoes" (Chicago Sun-Times). Originally self-published in 1978, Once a Runner became a cult classic, emerging after three decades to become a New York Times bestseller. Now, in Again to Carthage, hero Quenton Cassidy returns.
The former...
Author
Publication Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A mainstream republication of a cult-classic tale inspired by the author's experiences as a collegiate champion follows the story of distance runner Quenton Cassidy, who is suspended from the track team for his involvement in an athlete protest and risks his future prospects to train on a monastic retreat with an Olympic medalist (summary from online).