RUDY STEINER Mostly when you write, you struggle, but every now and then you find a character you instantly fall in love with, and for me that character was Rudy Steiner. I loved him from the moment I did research at Sutherland Library, in Sydney, to find football (or soccer) players of the era the book was set in. I wanted Rudy to shout their names in commentary as he scored goals on the muddy ground of Himmel Street. But then. Everything changed. I saw a book on the Olympics with Jesse…
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