The World Cross

By: Gardner, Brian

A novel of running, coming of age, mystery, and what might have been.
Three six-year-old boys leave Glasgow in 1962 for new lives in other parts of the world. Eventually they meet on their return to Glasgow in 1978, for the World Cross-Country Championship. They discover that they have more in common besides running, having experienced different traumas, but with the same mystery to solve. The race is run, questions are answered and destinies are determined.
The World Cross-Country Championships really did take place in Glasgow in 1978. This is an alternative running history of what might have been. There are vivid descriptions of training and races, and passages of lively dialogue and quiet reflection. The World Cross is gritty, edgy, humorous and challenges the taken-for-granted.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D9VF9D2Q
• ISBN13: 9798332536199
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"