The Sport Of Kings (signed limited numbered edition)
London: 4th Estate, 2016. Limited ed. Hardcover. Fine, fresh, unread, as-new copy. No. 360/750 numbered copies of the first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Map endpapers, 545 pp. he author's second book, "a spiraling tale of wealth and poverty, racism and rage...an unflinching portrait of lives cast in shadow by the enduring legacy of slavery..." Set in the Ohio Valley and Kentucky Bluegrass region with a sweeping historical reach from post-Revolution to the 2000s. 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 the raw obsession of breeding a champion. But when Allmon Shaughnessy, an ambitious young black man, come to work on their estate after a term in prison, the violence of the family's history and exigencies of appetite are brought starkly into view. The thre, entangled by fear, prejudice and lust, tether their dreams of glory to the speed and poser of Hellmouth. Fine / fine. Item #E37234
ISBN: 9780007313266
Price: $42.50