How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup
'One of the greatest football novels ever written and a comic masterpiece' DJ Taylor' DJ Taylor'But is this story believable? Ah, it all depends upon whether you want it to believe it.' J.L. CarrIn their new all-buttercup-yellow-stripe, Steeple Sinderby Wanderers, who usually feel lucky when their pitch is above water-level, are England's most obscure team. This uncategorizable, surreal and extremely funny novel is the story of how they start the season by ravaging the Fenland League and end it by going all the way to Wembley.Told through unreliable recollection, florid local newspaper coverage and bizarre committee minutes, How Steeple Sinde…
Mehr
CHF 14.50
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
L048:
Lieferbar in 48 Stunden
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-241-25234-5
- EAN: 9780241252345
- Produktnummer: 19284369
- Verlag: Penguin Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.8 cm x D1.0 cm 113 g
- Gewicht: 113
Über den Autor
James Lloyd Carr, born 1912, attended the village school at Carlton Miniott in the North Riding and Castleford Secondary School. He died in Northamptonshire in 1994. His novel A Month in the Country won the Guardian Fiction Prize, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into a memorable film.
15 weitere Werke von J.L. Carr:
Bewertungen
Anmelden