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This Sporting Life

Book Description
Rugby League football in an industrial northern city circa 1960 is a life of grime, mud, sweat, intrigue and naked ambition. In This Sporting Life, David Storey recounts the fortunes of gladiator hero Arthur Machin from the day of his inclusion in the local team to the match when he begins to feel age creeping up on him. Through Arthur we are taken into his raw, often brutal world of players, back... More
Book Information
PublisherJonathan Cape
BindingHardcover (28 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-100224051687
ISBN-13978-0224051682
Publication Date12/31/1999
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About David Storey (Author) : David Storey is a published author. Some of the published credits of David Storey include Changing Geography: Nation, State and Citizen, THIS SPORTING LIFE.
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