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Alone : the triumph and tragedy of John Curry / Bill Jones

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Jones, Bill

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Short-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year AwardPublication details: London : Bloomsbury , 2014Description: 344 p. : illus. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781408853429

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DDC classification:

92 CUR

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Summary: Tells the story of Olympic skater John Curry, revealing a man tormented by ambition, lifelong rivalries, homophobia, financial ruin, and deep personal tragedy who succumbed to AIDS and died of a heart attack at the age of forty-four.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	92 CUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		065943

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Introduction -- Prologue -- 'I am a dancer' -- 'Forbidden fruit' -- 'For the morons' -- 'The hermit of Denver' -- 'That Olympic business' -- 'The fairy for the tree' -- 'Dangerous appetites' -- 'Daddy says no' -- 'With an angel' -- 'Moving on air' -- 'Silently the senses' -- 'The kiss of the sun' -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Tells the story of Olympic skater John Curry, revealing a man tormented by ambition, lifelong rivalries, homophobia, financial ruin, and deep personal tragedy who succumbed to AIDS and died of a heart attack at the age of forty-four.

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