This work's protagonist likes to imagine that he is the "first man on earth" when he needs motivation in the early morning. The narrator of this work recounts a time he and hi
This work's protagonist likes to imagine that he is the "first man on earth" when he needs motivation in the early morning. The narrator of this work recounts a time he and his cousins ransacked a picnic shortly after expressing his disdain for wars, claiming, "My own war's all that I'll ever be bothered about." A cop in this work is referred to as "old Hitler-face" and routinely pesters this work's protagonist, who collects "a cool five hundred" in insurance after his father (*) dies of throat cancer. This work's narrator is sent to Essex after the money stored in his drainpipe, seventy pounds he had stolen with Mike from a local bakery, washes out in front of a policeman. In this story's final section, the narrator is forced to scrub floors for six months after he allows the boys from Gunthrope to win the All-England Borstal Blue Ribbon Cup. For 10 points, name this story about a disgruntled athlete named Smith, a work by "angry young man" Alan Sillitoe.
This work's protagonist likes to imagine that he is the "first man on earth" when he needs motivation in the early morning.
"The  Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"