Sillitoe is one of the great underrated British novelists of the Twentieth Century. He seems to have fallen out of vogue somewhat but did make a splash with "the Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" and "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning." Though I don't really know a great deal about British wo...
Frank Dawley is 26. He is sick of his job his house his marriage his life. In this novel the author brilliantly captures that feeling of wanting to escape from the shackles of conventional society. The break for freedom that is so exhilarating. One that so few of us have the nerve to attempt. Car...