The Ghost Runner
  • Published: 15 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9781845966065
  • Imprint: Mainstream Publishing
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $36.99
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The Ghost Runner

The Tragedy of the Man They Couldn't Stop

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7 Jul 2011
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15 Jul 2011
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The true and heartbreaking story of a man the world came to know as The Ghost Runner

The mystery man threw off his disguise and started to run. Furious stewards gave chase. The crowd roared.

A legend was born. Soon the world would know him as 'the ghost runner'. John Tarrant. The extraordinary man whom nobody could stop. As a hapless teenage boxer in the 1950s, he'd been paid £17 expenses. When he wanted to run, he was banned for life. His amateur status had been compromised. Forever. Now he was fighting back, gatecrashing races all over Britain. No number on his shirt. No friends in high places. Soon he would be a record-breaker, one of the greatest long-distance runners the world has ever seen.

This is his true story: The Ghost Runner.
  • Published: 15 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9781845966065
  • Imprint: Mainstream Publishing
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $36.99
Categories:

About the author

Bill Jones

Bill Jones worked for Granada Television for 27 years, where he was an award-winning documentary maker. He now works as a freelance writer and programme maker. He was researching a documentary about the centenary of the Manchester running club Salford Harriers in 1985 when he first came across the story of John Tarrant (a former Harriers member) and it has haunted him ever since.

Praise for The Ghost Runner

A terrific story - a comic strip hero made flesh, with all the human complications that entails

Daily Mail

Makes fascinating reading

Manchester Evening News

Bill Jones used to make documentaries, and he retains that discipline's eye for telling details and evocative shots

The Times

Tarrant's poignant story is wonderfully refreshing and beautifully told

The Sun

A fantastic story of the underdog

Metro

An astounding story

The Independent

A remarkable story

Sport

A grimly compelling account

The Observer

Moving

Sunday Express

Jones has unearthed and told quite brilliantly the tragic story of a man condemned not only be authority but also by his own stubbornness

Sunday Times
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