Night Runner - Tapa blanda

Ten years after he pitched his fifth perfect game in high school, Cliff Walker decides to take his own life. He wakes up three days later in the Westwood Lodge Psychiatric Hospital. After a month of intensive therapy, Cliff's psychiatrist , Dr. Pervis Singer diagnoses that Cliff is suffering from depression and agoraphobia. The doctor tells him he has to get out of his house at least once a day or once a night. Cliff begins running Moakley Park in South Boston every night after midnight with a stocking hat, head phones and sun glasses. As his mileage goes up, his times come down. When Cliff finally tells his best friend Jumbo what he is doing, Jumbo says, “With those times you could actually win the Boston Marathon.” For the next eight months Cliff trains for the Boston Marathon. Can he even run in the day? How does he qualify for Boston if he decides to run? Can anyone beat the Kenyans? You'll never forget an athlete named Cliff Walker, his friends from South Boston, or the Boston Marathon.

Brian P. Wallace served as a State Representative in Massachusetts for four terms and worked as a Special Assistant to the Mayor of Boston for over ten years. He has announced over 500 High School, College and Special Events on Boston television and has served as the Mayor of Boston’s liaison to the Boston Marathon from 1984 – 1993. Brian Wallace’s first book, Final Confession, was optioned by Twentieth Century Fox a week after it hit bookstores. “Brian Wallace is a breath of fresh air in Boston. He can tell a story as well as any writer I have come across and Final Confession proves that.” – Robert Parker.