Going the Distance
Published on 1. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-9541303-5-0 (ISBN)
Description
Going the Distance features twenty vigorous, original stories by widely published authors and up-and-coming new talent - to transport the reader from Birmingham to Trinidad, Colombia, Canada, Liverpool and London.
Reviews / Votes
Going the Distance is always powerful, original, perfectly understated, each voice strong and enticing * Laura Hird * Triumphant proof that the short story is still alive and kicking in the UK * Peter Ho Davies * This is a remarkable anthology * John Lucas *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9541303-5-0 (9780954130350)
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Person
Alan Beard's stories have been broadcast on Radio 4 and appeared in numerous magazines including London Magazine, Panurge, Critical Quarterly and Malahat Review. His debut collection Taking Doreen out of the Sky was published by Picador in 1999 and the follow-up, You Don't Have to Say was published by Tindal Street Press in 2010. He won the Tom-Gallon Award in 1989. Married with two children, he has lived and worked in Birmingham since 1982.