An Athletics Compendium

L 91 - 102 Adult Fiction Sillitoe, Alan 91 The loneliness of the long-distance runner. London: W.H.Allen, 1959. 176p BL:NNN.13909 A collection of short stories, of which the most famous describetshe thoughtsof a borstal boy itnhe course of a cross-country run. Somerville, E. CE.& Martin Ross 92 Some experiences of an Irish RM, with illustrations by (E Somerville. London: Longmans, 1899. viii, 309p; illus BL: 01233117 Martin Rossis a pseudonym of Violet FlorenceMartin 'Occasional licences' includes an entertaining account of an Irish country sports meeting, with 'hop, step and leap' and tug-of-war. Webster, F. A. M. 93 Old Ebbie: detective up to date. London: Chapman & Hall, 1923. 255p BL: NN.8898 Includes 'The double problem'. # Short Stories— Anthologies 94 Best sports stories / edited with an introduction by Paul Edwards. London: Faber, 1966. 223p BL: X.909/7818 Includes extracts from 'Monster Clough', by Peter Ferguson. 95 Penguin modern stories 10 / edited by Judith Burnley. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972. 157p; pbk ISBN 0-14-003382-3 Includes Brian Glanville's 'Three or four cultures'. Set during the 1966 OlymGpicames in Mexico City, the story is written from the viewpoint of a British 200m sprinter, Marion, and describes her passing involvement with a Uruguayan wrestler, Antonio, as they are caught up in the brutal suppression of student protests. 96 The Mystery Guild antholog/y edited by John Waite. London: Constable, 1980. 166p ISBN: 0-09-463950-7 BL: X.989/88508 Includes 'Aristotle atnhde fatal javelibny' Margaret Doody, in which the philosopherinvestigates. 97 Eree agents / Max Apple. London. Faber: 1986. 197p Originally published:New York:Harper Row, 1984 ISBN: 0-571-13852-7 BL: Nov.1986/178 In 'Carbo-loading', themain character aismarathon runner. 98 A twist inthe tale / Jeffrey Archer. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988. 192p ISBN: 0-340-40538-4 BL: YC.1988.b.8145 'Christina Rosenthal' thies love/hatsetory of a Jewish miler taunted abygirl. 99 Irish sporting short stories / edited by David Marcus. Belfast: Appletree, 1995. 207p; pbk ISBN: 0-86281-535-5 BL: H.96/2769 'The last seasonb' y Michael Bowler, is on marathon running. 100 In Kensington gardens once ... / H. R. F. Keating; drawings by Gwen Mandley. Jesmond: Flambard, 1997. 109p; illus; pbk ISBN: 1-873226-23-3 BL: YK.l997.b.3246 Includes 'Runners', about awoman intrigued by the joggers inKensington Gardens. # Miscellanies 101 The sporting life / chosenAlbayn C. Jenkins.London: Blackie, 1974. 298p; illus ISBN: 0-216-89789-0 BL: X.989/26584 Includes 'The funeral games', frtohme Iliadby Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and extracts froSmamuel Pepys' Piary with reference to afoot-race in Hyde Park. 102 Sporting literature: an antholog/y chosen by Vernon Scannell. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. 320p; index ISBN: 0-19-212250-9 BL: YC.1987.a.3483 Section X'IW, e run because wemust', has extracts of prose andpoetry from Joseph Strutt, William Morris, C. H. Sorley, Nicarchus, A. E. Housman. F. A. M. Webster, EvelynWaugh and Alan Sillitoe. [ 1 6 4 ]