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The Sport of Kings

By Morgan, C E

The Sport of Kings Contemporary literature

The Sport of Kings

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A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction ¿ A Recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction ¿ A Finalist for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction ¿ A Finalist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction ¿ A Finalist for the Rathbones Folio Prize ¿ Longlisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence ¿ One of New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Book Named a Best Book of the Year by Entertainment Weekly ¿ GQ ¿ The New York Times (Selected by Dwight Garner) ¿ NPR ¿ The Wall Street Journal ¿ San Francisco Chronicle ¿ Refinery29 ¿ Booklist ¿ Kirkus Reviews ¿ Commonweal Magazine "In its poetic splendor and moral seriousness, The Sport of Kings bears the traces of Faulkner, Morrison, and McCarthy. . . . It is a contemporary masterpiece."-San Francisco Chronicle Hailed by The New Yorker for its "remarkable achievements," The Sport of Kings is an American tale centered on a horse and two families: one white, a Southern dynasty whose forefathers were among the founders of Kentucky; the other African-American, the descendants of their slaves. It is a dauntless narrative that stretches from the fields of the Virginia piedmont to the abundant pastures of the Bluegrass, and across the dark waters of the Ohio River; from the final shots of the Revolutionary War to the resounding clang of the starting bell at Churchill Downs. As C. E. Morgan unspools a fabric of shared histories, past and present converge in a Thoroughbred named Hellsmouth, heir to Secretariat and a contender for the Triple Crown. Newly confronted with one another in the quest for victory, the two families must face the consequences of their ambitions, as each is driven---and haunted---by the same, enduring question: How far away from your father can you run? A sweeping narrative of wealth and poverty, racism and rage, The Sport of Kings is an unflinching portrait of lives cast in the shadow of slavery and a moral epic for our time.
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Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
560
Release Date:
2017-05-02
Publication Date:
2017-05-02
Publisher:
Picador USA
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1250131847
ISBN13:
9781250131843
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
423 g
Height:
136 cm
Width:
208 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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