This Sporting Life

by David Storey

Book Overview

A rugby player finds fame and fortune in a bleak mining town, but he cannot outrun the emptiness he feels inside in Man Booker Prize-winning author David Storey's seminal first novel

On Christmas Eve, Arthur breaks his two front teeth. A teammate on the rugby pitch is too slow with a handoff, and instead of catching the ball, Art catches an opponent's foot right in the mouth. When he regains consciousness, the match is almost over,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1504015088
• ISBN13: 9781504015080
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"