Racing the Rain: A Novel

Racing the Rain: A Novel

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Once a Runnerâ€”acclaimed by Runnerâ€™s World as â€œthe best novel ever written about runningâ€â€”comes that novelâ€™s prequel, the story of a world-class athlete coming of age in the 1950s and â€™60s on Floridaâ€™s Gold Coast.

Quenton Cassidy is the skinniest boy in school, and also one of the fastest. Cassidy spends his afternoons exploring his primal surroundings: the local river, the nearby ocean, the lakes, swamps, and forests that dominate the landscape of the Florida everglades. While adventuring, Cassidy befriends Trapper Nelson, an iconoclastic hunter who lives in an isolated compound on the riverbank.

By junior high, Cassidy dreams of becoming a basketball player, but Nelsonâ€™s influence runs deep and Cassidy begins to view running as a way to interact with the natural world. Warned of Nelsonâ€™s checkered past, Cassidy dismisses the stories as hearsay, until his town is rocked by the disappearance and apparent murder of a prominent judge and his wife. Cassidyâ€™s loyalty to his friend is severely tested just as his opportunity to make his mark as a gifted runner comes to fruition.

Hailed by National Book Award winner Bob Shacochis as a â€œlovely novel that reminds us that what is most valuable is life is the spirit to accomplish impossible things,â€ Racing the Rain explores a small townâ€™s secrets while vividly capturing the physical endurance, determination, and mindset required of a champion. â€œA celebration of the purity of the sportâ€ (Fort Worth Star-Telegram), it is an epic coming-of-age classic about the environments and friendships that shape us all.
Country USA
Brand Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781476769882
ReleaseDate 2016-09-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476769882

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781476769882
ReleaseDate	2016-09-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476769882

Racing the Rain: A Novel

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