Archive for December 2, 2010
LORD OF MISRULE by Jaimy Gordon
Most of us, when we think of horse racing, conjure up a mint-juleps-and-roses vision of the Kentucky Derby or perhaps, Churchill Downs, attended by jewel-studded rich folk dressed up in their finery with cash to burn.
But at the rock-bottom end of the sport, horse racing is a whole other world – a world inhabited by down-on-their-luck trainers and jockeys, loan sharks and crooks, gyps and hotwalkers. This is the world Jaimy Gordon takes on – Indian Mound Downs, where the horses are mostly aging, drugged, or lame and the trainers are as crooked and cynical as they come.
December 2, 2010
Tags: 1970s, Contemporary, Horses, Literary, West Virginia Posted in: 2010 National Book Award Shortlist, Award Winning Author, Contemporary, Literary, National Book Award, US South 
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