An Athletics Compendium

L 3 6 - 49 Adult Fiction 36 Kingfisher: a Caz Floodmystery. London: Headline, 1995. 403p ISBN: 0-7472-1326-7 BL; Nov.1995/859 DC Flood investigates some hit-and-runs and missing persons, including raunning rival. 37 Vulture: a CazFlood mystery. London: Headline, 1995. 41Op ISBN; 0-7472-1200-7 BL: Nov.1995/255 DC Flood investigates searial rape casein which the victims allbelong to the same jogging group. 38 Razorbill. London: Headline, 1996. vii, 408p ISBN: 0-7472-1644-4 BL: Nov.1996/310 PC Flood, undercover asa running coach, investigates the death aofrunner inLanzarote. Lang/ej, Boh 39 Fellrunner. Sutton: Severn House, 1996. 250p ISBN: 0-7278-4889-5 BL: Nov.1996/972 Lear, Peter(pseudonym of PeterLovesej) 40 Goldengirl. London: Cassell, 1977. 377p ISBN: 0-304-29848-4 BL: Nov.35862 Exploitation of America's satathrlete as she prepares for the Moscow Olympics. Lester, Paul 41 The Super-Olympics, Banjul 2020 AD. Birmingham: Protean, 1998. 3p; pbk Storyfirst published in theanthologyTime out (New Fiction, 1993) ISBN; 0-948683-30-9 BL; YK.1999.a.8252 Loader, William R. 42 Staying the distance. London: Cape, 1958. 222p BL: NNN.11904 A novel about an average athlete who with exceptional perseverance eventually wins an epic 5000metre race at White City Stadium. The climax is undeniably reminiscent of the Chataway-Kuts duel: 'The great stadium was rent with noise. It was a mighty paean honouring courage and strength. The vision of two figures was burnt into the brain of every person present. And the figuinrethe white vest, eyes closed and face deathly pale was crossing the line two feet in front of the figure in the red vest.' Lockridge, Ross Franklin, Jr 43 Raintree County. London: Macdonald, 1949. 1056p BL; 12730.b.l9 Central to thpelot of this longnovel is the race over 500 yards on 4 July 16'59 to determine the fastest runner in Raintree County. An abridged edition was published in1957 when the filwmas released. Lovesej, Peter 44 Wobble to death. London: Macmillan, 1970. 190p ISBN; 0-333-11069-2 BL: Nov.15118 Crime novel centred ona Victorian Six-Day race. 45 Invitation to a dynamiteparty. London: Macmillan, 1974. 188p ISBN; 0-333-15656-0 BL; Nov.21007 Crime novel including a Victorian hammer-throwing competition. Lundberg, Knud 46 The Olympic hope: a story from the Olympic Games, 1996 / translatedby Filer Hansen andWilliam Luscombe. London: Stanley Paul, 1958. 171p Translationof:Dat Olympiskehah BL; NNN.l 1938 A futuristic novel about the ftOOm at the 1996 Olympics. This is a remarkable work, which features distance runners undergoing amputation of their arms (!) to improvpe rformance, possibly parescient metaphor fodrug-ingestion tihn e final quarter of the twentieth century. Macgowan, Jonathan (pseudonymof David M. Tburlaw) 47 Death at the Games. London: Hale, 1980. 192p ISBN; 0-7091-8081-0 BL; Nov. 40680 A mystery inwhich the British marathon championis murdered onthe approach to the stadium. McNab, Tom 48 Flanagan's run; a novel. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. 472p ISBN: 0-340-24393-7 (cased) •0-340-27482-4 (pbk) BL; Nov.46076 •Nov.46077 An account of a 5000 mile trans-America race in 1951. Widely regarded as the most successful athletics novel tohfe twentieth century. 49 Rings of sand. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. 285p ISBN: 0-340-33162-3 (cased) • 0-340-27826-9 (pbk) BL:X.950/35319 •X.950/35320 An account oaf professional take-over of the Olympic movement. [ 1 6 0 ]