That story begins with its central character daydreaming about dodgem cars while his teacher talks about Masterman Ready and concludes with his cousin Bert trying to break them onto the title carousel at the Goose Fair.
In a story by this author, a character advises his cousin that one ought to beg from courting couples rather married ones. That story begins with its central character daydreaming about dodgem cars while his teacher talks about Masterman Ready and concludes with his cousin Bert trying to break them onto the title carousel at the Goose Fair. The family of the narrator of another story by this man entertains itself by muting the TV during politician's speeches. This author of "Noah's Ark" created a character who hypothesized that "as soon as you get the whip-hand over somebody" you go dead while describing his personal definition of (*) honesty. That character is arrested by "Hitler-face" after rain washes stolen money out of a drainpipe. A story by this author ends when its narrator allows a boy from Gunthorpe to overtake him to spite the governor of his borstal. For 10 points, name this author The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
In a story by this author, a character advises his cousin that one ought to beg from courting couples rather married ones.
Alan Sillitoe