Lord of Misrule
National Book Award Winner
(Sprache: Englisch)
He planned to steal with these horses, who were all better than they looked on paper. The trick was to get in and get out fast. But could he really pull it off? Could he be that sure, could he count on being that lucky? Listen carefully my dear. Lord of...
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He planned to steal with these horses, who were all better than they looked on paper. The trick was to get in and get out fast. But could he really pull it off? Could he be that sure, could he count on being that lucky? Listen carefully my dear. Lord of Misrule, he whispered loudly. Lord of Misrule, Margaret. Memorize that name.
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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 Mound Downs, downriver from Wheeling, West Virginia.Horseman Tommy Hansel has a scheme to rescue his failing stable: He'll ship four unknown but ready horses to Indian Mound Downs, run them in cheap claiming races at long odds, and then get out fast before anyone notices. The problem is, at this rundown riverfront half-mile racetrack in the Northern Panhandle, everyone notices - veteran groom Medicine Ed, Kidstuff the blacksmith, old lady "gyp" Deucey Gifford, stall superintendent Suitcase Smithers, eventually even the rulled-off "racetrack financier" Two-Twi and the ominous leading trainer, Joe Dale Bigg. But no one bothers to factor in Tommy Hansel's go-fer girlfriend, Maggie Koderer. Like the beautiful, used-up, tragic horses she comes to love, Maggie has just enough heart to wire everyone's flagging hopes back to the source of all luck.
Autoren-Porträt von Jaimy Gordon
Gordon, JaimyJaimy Gordon was born in Baltimore. In addition to two novels, she has published poetry, plays, short stories and essays. Lord of Misrule was awarded the National Award for Fiction 2010.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jaimy Gordon
- 2012, 296 Seiten, Maße: 12,9 x 2,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Quercus
- ISBN-10: 0857386719
- ISBN-13: 9780857386717
Sprache:
Englisch
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'An exuberant firecracker of a novel' Sunday Times. 'Mesmerizing ... Addictive' Independent. 'Profoundly moving ... A sure-fire winner' Sunday Telegraph. 'This novel is so assured, exotic and uncategorizable ... an incontrovertible winner, a bona fide bolt from the blue' New York Times. 'Such a beautifully written novel ... Remarkable' Jane Smiley, author of Horse Heaven. 'a highly original and untamed novel, full of surprises and daring' The Writer's Hub. 'immerses the reader in an idiosyncratic world bursting with startlingly original characters' Sunday Telegraph. '[Medicine Ed and Maggie] are among the vibrant characters peopling the seedy locations of this vivid story' Good Book Guide.
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