Lord of Misrule

Author: Jaimy Gordon
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0929701836

Lord of Misrule

WON 2010 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

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. Get Lord of Misrule literature books for free.
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 < Check Lord of Misrule our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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