The loneliness of the long-distance runner
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The story follows the internal decisions and external oppressions of a seventeen-year-old inmate in a juvenile detention center who is known only by his surname, Smith. The wardens have given the boy a light workload because he shows talent as a runner. But if he wins the national long-distance running competition as everyone is counting on him to do, Smith will only vindicate the very system and society that has locked him up. “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner” has long been considered a masterpiece on both the page and the silver screen. Adapted for film by Sillitoe himself in 1962, it became an instant classic of British New Wave cinema.
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Journal Entry 2 by Passeur-X at Book on a wishlist, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (9/22/2022 UTC) at Book on a wishlist, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
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This title was laying on a wishlist.
Journal Entry 3 by Cfreckle at Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, September 26, 2022
This wishlist book arrived today and was a very lovely surprise! thank you, I look forward to reading it.