Lord of misrule : a novel
(Book)
Author
Published
Kingston, N.Y. : McPherson & Co., c2010.
Format
Book
Status
Sequim - Fiction (Adult)
GORDON Jaim
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GORDON Jaim
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Published
Kingston, N.Y. : McPherson & Co., c2010.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Description
At the rock-bottom end of the sport of kings sits the ruthless and often violent world of cheap horse racing, where trainers and jockeys, grooms and hotwalkers, loan sharks and touts all struggle to take an edge, or prove their luck, or just survive. Equal parts Nathanael West, Damon Runyon and Eudora Welty, Lord of Misrule follows five characters, scarred and lonely dreamers in the American grain, through a year and four races at Indian Mount Downs, downriver from Wheeling, West Virginia.--book jacket
Awards
2010 National Book Award for Fiction