Flanagan’s Run

by Tom McNab

Hodder and Stoughton, 1982, [Third Impression], ISBN 0340243937, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, some discolouration and water damage to inside back cover and back cover, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, bumping and chipping, some discolouration and crumpling to back wrap of jacket (see photographs)

“In 1928, at the height of the Depression, a get-rich-quick American promoter decided he would sponsor a race – on foot, from Los Angeles to New York.  The race would last for over three months, cover 3000 miles and lead its contestants through the Mojave Desert, through the infant gambling town of Las Vagas out across the Rockies and even pass through Chicago, at the time in the firm grip of the gangster, Al ‘Scarface’ Capone.  But would the public take to the idea?
The public did – and immediately.
The race caught the imagination of America and of the world; and it is on this real-life event, known at the time as ‘The Great Bunion Derby’. That Tom McNab has drawn to create a memorable first novel.”