![]() While Charlie comes in second during the race, he delivers his egg unbroken, meaning he wins by a technicality. But Charlie refuses to let the cold take him, so he runs to generate heat, simultaneously finding himself drawn to the seedy streets of Richmond.Ĭharlie's main competitor in the race is Jimmy Barlow, a tough and violent football player from the town of Fitzroy. Three months earlier, Charlie watched his father die of Spanish flu. On his way to the race, Charlie comments that he began running in order to escape the cold that plagues the poor people of the slum in which he lives. ![]() While Ma believes Charlie is headed to school, he is actually entering a race to become local crime boss Squizzy Taylor's new "runner." ![]() His mother stands on the porch and looks at the sky, discussing the black clouds with their neighbor, Mr. Runner opens with Charlie Feehan, the novel's protagonist, leaving his house on a rainy day. ![]()
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