Synopsis
When originally published this was described as an exceptional first novel because the characters are concerned with expressing themselves in physical rather than emotional or intellectual terms. The world in which the story is set is that of professional Rugby League in a Norther English industrial city, and spans several years in the life of narrator Arthur Machin.
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Review
Extraordinarily mature technically as well as emotionally "The Sunday Times" The best novel about sport I ve read. Caryl Phillips, author of "The Final Passage" [An] impressive first novel. "The New York Times" An absorbing writer. "The New Yorker""
-Extraordinarily mature--technically as well as emotionally- --The Sunday Times
-The best novel about sport I've read.- --Caryl Phillips, author of The Final Passage
-[An] impressive first novel.- --The New York Times
-An absorbing writer.- --The New Yorker
"Extraordinarily mature--technically as well as emotionally" --The Sunday Times
"The best novel about sport I've read." --Caryl Phillips, author of The Final Passage
"[An] impressive first novel." --The New York Times
"An absorbing writer." --The New Yorker
Book Description
An astute and compelling story about a rough and ready Rugby League football hero in an industrial northern city.
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