Awards
- Short-listed for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2010
- Shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2010.
- Winner of British Sports Book Awards: New Writer of the Year 2012
- Winner of British Sports Book Awards: New Writer of the Year 2012.
Overview
The true and heartbreaking story of a man the world came to know as The Ghost Runner The mystery man threw off his disguise and started to run. Furious stewards gave chase. The crowd roared. A legend was born. Soon the world would know him as 'the ghost runner'. John Tarrant. The extraordinary man whom nobody could stop. As a hapless teenage boxer in the 1950s, he'd been paid e17 expenses. When he wanted to run, he was banned for life. His amateur status had been compromised. Forever. Now he was fighting back, gatecrashing races all over Britain. No number on his shirt. No friends in high places. Soon he would be a record-breaker, one of the greatest long-distance runners the world has ever seen. This is his true story- The Ghost Runner.
Full Product Details
Author: Bill Jones
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Mainstream Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.477kg
ISBN: 9781845966065
ISBN 10: 1845966066
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 07 July 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
A terrific story - a comic strip hero made flesh, with all the human complications that entails * Daily Mail * Tarrant's poignant story is wonderfully refreshing and beautifully told * The Sun * A fantastic story of the underdog * Metro * Makes fascinating reading * Manchester Evening News * Bill Jones used to make documentaries, and he retains that discipline's eye for telling details and evocative shots * The Times *
A terrific story - a comic strip hero made flesh, with all the human complications that entails Daily Mail Tarrant's poignant story is wonderfully refreshing and beautifully told The Sun A fantastic story of the underdog Metro Makes fascinating reading Manchester Evening News Bill Jones used to make documentaries, and he retains that discipline's eye for telling details and evocative shots The Times
Author Information
Bill Jones worked for Granada Television for 27 years, where he was an award-winning documentary maker. He now works as a freelance writer and programme maker. He was researching a documentary about the centenary of the Manchester running club Salford Harriers in 1985 when he first came across the story of John Tarrant (a former Harriers member) and it has haunted him ever since.
