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No wonder it took him 30 years. John L.Parker obviously decided that having written "the best novel ever written about running", as Runner's World calls it, his follow-up book would be "proper" literature. I'm up to page 139 (of 344) and so far there is precious little running in it. We've had Vietnam war stories, two funerals, fishing trips, family and relationship stuff. John -- this is not what we want; it's not why your "Once a Runner" fans are buying this book.

It's all very well written, but most of the time I am reading it I catch myself silently screaming "Get on with it!"