Runner summary

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Shut up JILL, In Runner a teenage boy (Charlie) takes over responsibility for the care of his family after the death of his father; he eventually gets a job running illegal liqour around town for a gangster called Squizzy Taylor, after his friend(Norman Heath ((Nostrils))) is almost killed in a beating during a run for Squizzy Charlie realises the gangster doesn't actually care about him and quits, he then trains and wins a race in ballarat and buys a woodmill to support his family