CRITICISM

Levin, Martin. Review of Men, Women, and Children, by Alan Sillitoe. New York Times Book Review （22 September 1974）: 40.

Levin praises the individual feelings evoked by Sillitoe's stories in Men, Women, and Children.

Maitland, Sara. “Worthiness.” Spectator 249, No. 8052 （6 November 1982）: 29.

Maitland lauds several aspects of Sillitoe's Her Victory, but asserts that the work as a whole is flawed.

McCarthy, Tom. Review of Alligator Playground, by Alan Sillitoe. Observer (4 January 1998): 14.

McCarthy offers a generally favorable assessment of Sillitoe's Alligator Playground, but points out some stylistic problems with some of the stories.

Mewshaw, Michael. Review of The Lost Flying Boat, by Alan Sillitoe. New York Times Book Review （14 October 1984）: 26.

Mewshaw complains that the characters in Sillitoe's The Lost Flying Boat often speak in clichés which limit the novel.

Quirk, Eugene F. “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner.” Film Quarterly 9, No. 3 (1981): 161–71.

Quirk analyzes the changes made between Sillitoe's short story “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner” and his subsequent screenplay based on the story.

Additional coverage of Sillitoe's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Authors in the News, Vol. 1; Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography: 1960 to Present; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 9–12R; Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Vol. 2; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 8, 26, and 55; Contemporary Novelists; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 14 and 139; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Editions 1 and 2; and Something About the Author, Vol. 61.