Stormy Petrel - Couverture souple

Weeks, Alec

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1846244803 ISBN 13 : 9781846244803

Editeur : Book Guild Publishing Ltd, 2010

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Eddie 'Boy' Walker is a boxer with a chance of the title. When his crooked manager - one Pablo Mesinne - asks him to throw his latest fight, Eddie and trainer Sydney West have other plans. After the fight they decide to lay low, somewhere beyond the reach of Pablo and the shadowy crime syndicate The Group. But when Eddie catches his fiancee with another man - one of Pablo's own henchmen no less - he sees red and the fighter in him is unleashed.

Thirteen years later Eddie is ready to start again. With his faithful dog Jessie by his side, he stumbles into the lives of Mike and Sue Shepherd, struggling farmers in the North of England. Together they show him the love and respect he hasn't known for so long. Over time, he is able to confess and relive his past - the attack, the arrest, the sentence, the time. And perhaps, just perhaps, a new future lies ahead; even - all things being equal - one last shot at the title... The second novel by former BBC sports producer Alec Weeks (Match of the Day), Stormy Petrel is a tale of courage, failing, loyalty and second chances.

Biographie de l'auteur

Alec Weeks was the BBC's top sports producer for more than 20 years. He played a leading role in producing Match of the Day, from its inception in 1964 until he retired in 1987. He produced BBC coverage of Winter and Summer Olympic Games, from Innsbruck in 1964 to Los Angeles 20 years later, and football World Cups from England's famous triumph in 1966 to Mexico in 1986. Keen on sports from an early age, he joined a boxing club during the Second World War and continued in the ring throughout his time in the RAF. He now lives in Rottingdean near Brighton and published the story of his career, Under Auntie's Skirts, with Book Guild Publishing in 2006. This is his second novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Guild Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1846244803
• ISBN 13: 9781846244803
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 140
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible