Again to Carthage by John L. Parker, Jr.

Again to Carthage is the quotbreathtaking pulsequickening stunningquotnbspsequel tonbspOnce a Runnernbspthat quotwill have you standing up and cheering and pulling on your running shoesquot Chicago SunTimes Originally selfpublished in 1978nbspOnce a Runnernbspbecame a cult classic emerging after three decades to become anbspNew York Timesnbspbestseller Now innbspAgain to Carthagenbsphero Quenton Cassidy returnsThe 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 lifersquos 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 allout attempt to make one last Olympic team Perfectly capturing the intensity relentlessness and occasional lunacy of a serious runnerrsquos lifenbspAgain to Carthagenbspis a mustread for runnersmdashand athletesmdashof all ages and a novel that will thrill any lover of fiction