From the author of the bestselling Once a Runner comes the prequel, the story of a world-class athlete coming of age in the 1950s and ’60s on Florida’s Gold Coast. von Parker, John L.

Perhaps the best novel ever written about running. There are parts of "Once a Runner" that are pure poetry. I have never read descriptions of what it is to run and race as accurate and compelling as Parker's.--Tom Jordan, "Track & Field...

Das Kultbuch über die Essenz des Laufens Quenton Cassidy hat einen Traum: Einmal die Meile unter der magischen Grenze von vier Minuten zu laufen. Er fliegt von der Uni und verlässt seine Freundin, um sich unter Anleitung des...

"Again to Carthage" is the "breathtaking, pulse-quickening, stunning" (sequelto "Once a Runner" that) "will have you standing up and cheering, and pullingon your running shoes" ("Chicago Sun-Times"). von Parker, John L.