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It is not true, says a character in Jane Smiley's funny, and brilliant new novel, that anything can happen at the racetrack, but many astonishing and ...Show synopsisIt is not true, says a character in Jane Smiley's funny, and brilliant new novel, that anything can happen at the racetrack, but many astonishing and affecting things do - and in Horse Heaven the universe of horse racing, passionate, cold-hearted, pure, corrupt, is woven into a marvellous tapeslry of joy and love, chicanery, folly, greed and reckless courage. Spanning two years on the circuit, from Kentucky and California to New York and Paris, Horse Heaven puts us among trainers and track brats, horse-obsessed girls, nervy jockeys, billionaire breeders and restless track wives.Hide synopsis
Horse Heaven (Alfred A. Knopf) – Hardcover (2000)
by
Jane Smiley
Hardcover, Alfred A. Knopf 2000
English
576 pages
ISBN: 037540600X ISBN-13: 9780375406003
The universe of horse racing--passionate, cold-hearted, pure, corrupt--is revealed in Smiley's new novel that combines the intense feeling of her Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Thousand Acres" with the wit, pace, and brightness of "Moo."The universe of horse racing--passionate, cold-hearted, pure, corrupt--is revealed in Smiley's new novel that combines the intense feeling of her Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Thousand Acres" with the wit, pace, and brightness of "Moo."Hide
Description:Very good in good dust jacket. Very Good, In good dust jacket....Very good in good dust jacket. Very Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 576 p.
Description:Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust...Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 576 p.
Description:Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust...Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 576 p.
Description:Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn...Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 576 p.
Description:Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn...Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 576 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections.
Description:Dust Cover Missing. Very good condition-book only shows a small...Dust Cover Missing. Very good condition-book only shows a small amount of wear! Biggest little used bookstore in the world!
I have now purchased three copies of this book?the one I read when it was published, another for a friend who works in the racing biz, and a third for myself to replace the first one, which I must have loaned out. This is one of Smiley's best works, I think. She gets animals like no other writer I can ...
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This is a great book in the typical Smiley fashion of bringing all of the characters together even though you wonder how she will pull it off. You don't have to know about racing or horses to follow this book. Fun reading and hard to put down.
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