David Storey

Part One i i had my head to Mellor's backside, waiting for the ball to come between his legs. He was too slow. I was moving away when the leather shot back into my hands and; before I could pass, a shoulder came up to my jaw. It rammed my teeth together with a force that stunned me to blackness....

Part OneiI had my head to Mellor's backside, waiting for the ball to come between his legs.He was too slow. I was moving away when the leather shot back into my hands and, before I could pass, a shoulder came up to my jaw. It rammed my teeth together with a force that stunned me to blackness.The...

David Malcolm Storey was an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a professional rugby league footballer. He won the Booker Prize in 1976 for his novel Saville. He also won the MacMillan Fiction Award for This Sporting Life in 1960.