The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner Justin Cartwright They seek refuge in Athelney

They seek refuge in Athelney

checking out the environmental record and interviewing local officials

and just one working toilet

The Paper Palace takes us deep into a vivid summer landscape

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner Justin Cartwright They seek refuge in AthelneyFrom the author of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning come stories of hardship and hope in post war Britain. The title story in this classic collection tells of Smith, a defiant young rebel, inhabiting the no man's land of institutionalised Borstal. As his steady jog trot rhythm transports him over an unrelenting, frost bitten earth, he wonders why, for whom and for what he is running. A groundbreaking work, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner