The Grass Arena by John Healy
Winner of the J.R.Ackerley prize for The Best Literary Autobiography of 1988, this is the true story of John Healy, who lived as an alcoholic vagrant before learning to play chess in prison. His dedication to the game and natural ability led him to become a tournament champion.
Healy, John: - John Healy is a writer of novels, plays and an award-winning autobiography, The Grass Arena. He was born in 1942, of an Irish family in North London. John Healy spent fifteen violent, destitute years living rough at a time when begging carried an automatic prison sentence. He became a chess Grand Master. In 1986 he wrote his 'savage masterpiece' The Grass Arena (now a Penguin Modern Classic), which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize in 1989 for autobiography. Streets Above Us, his first novel, was published in 1990. THE METAL MOUNTAIN is John Healy's second novel, published 30 years after The Grass Arena.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571151714 |
| ISBN 10 | 057115171X |
| Title | The Grass Arena |
| Author | John Healy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 1990-02-19 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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