The Sport of Kings
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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction.Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.Hellsmouth, an indomitable thoroughbred filly, runs for the glory of the Forge family, one of Kentucky’s oldest and most powerful dynasties. Henry Forge has partnered with his daughter, Henrietta, in an endeavour of raw obsession: to breed the next superhorse. But when Allmon Shaughnessy, an ambitious young black man, comes to work on their farm after a stint in prison, the violence of the Forges’ history and the exigencies of appetite are brought starkly into view. Entangled by fear, prejudice, and lust, the three tether their personal dreams of glory to the speed and grace of Hellsmouth.A spiralling tale of wealth and poverty, racism and rage, The Sport of Kings is an unflinching portrait of lives cast in shadow by the enduring legacy of slavery. A vital new voice, C. E. Morgan has given life to a tale as mythic and fraught as the South itself – a moral epic for our time. .Product ID
2599511
Author
Publisher
Year
2017
ISBN
978-0-00-817331-9
Code
13123232
Weight
0.39
Binding
мягкий
Availability
On Stock
Package size
XS
