Lord of misrule a novel
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 Eudo...
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Kingston, N.Y. :
McPherson & Co.,
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| 005 | 20110210114300.0 | ||
| 008 | 100823s2010 nyu 000 1 eng | ||
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| 020 | |a 9780929701837 (alk. paper) | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Gordon, Jaimy, |d 1944- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Lord of misrule : |b a novel / |c by Jaimy Gordon. |
| 260 | |a Kingston, N.Y. : |b McPherson & Co., |c c2010. | ||
| 300 | |a 294 p. ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 520 | |a 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 | ||
| 586 | |a 2010 National Book Award for Fiction | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a National book award winner. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Horse racing |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Race horses |v Fiction. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a West Virginia |v Fiction. | |
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