Again to Carthage
A Novel
John L. Parker Jr.
- Again
- to
- Carthage
- is
- the
- "breathtaking,
- pulse-quickening,
- stunning"
- sequel
- to
- Once
- a
- Runner
- that
- "will
- have
- you
- standing
- up
- and
- cheering,
- and
- pulling
- on
- your
- running
- shoes"
- (Chicago
- Sun-Times).
- Originally
- self-published
- in
- 1978,
- Once
- a
- Runner
- became
- a
- cult
- classic,
- emerging
- after
- three
- decades
- to
- become
- a
- New
- York
- Times
- bestseller.
- Now,
- in
- Again
- to
- Carthage,
- hero
- Quenton
- Cassidy
- returns.The
- former
- Olympian
- has
- become
- a
- successful
- attorney
- in
- south
- Florida,
- where
- his
- life
- centers
- on
- work,
- friends,
- skin
- diving,
- and
- boating
- trips
- to
- the
- Bahamas.
- But
- when
- he
- loses
- his
- best
- friend
- to
- the
- Vietnam
- War
- and
- two
- relatives
- to
- life’s
- vicissitudes,
- Cassidy
- realizes
- that
- an
- important
- part
- of
- his
- life
- was
- left
- unfinished.
- After
- reconnecting
- with
- his
- friend
- and
- former
- coach
- Bruce
- Denton,
- Cassidy
- returns
- to
- the
- world
- of
- competitive
- running
- in
- a
- desperate,
- all-out
- attempt
- to
- make
- one
- last
- Olympic
- team.
- Perfectly
- capturing
- the
- intensity,
- relentlessness,
- and
- occasional
- lunacy
- of
- a
- serious
- runner’s
- life,
- Again
- to
- Carthage
- is
- a
- must-read
- for
- runners—and
- athletes—of
- all
- ages,
- and
- a
- novel
- that
- will
- thrill
- any
- lover
- of fiction.
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