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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 (Random House Audio Publishing Group) – Audiobook CD (2000)
by
Jane Smiley, Mary Beth Hurt (Read by)
Audiobook CD, Random House Audio Publishing Group 2000
English
ISBN: 0375416056 ISBN-13: 9780375416057
Spanning two years on the horse racing circuit, taking listeners from Kentucky to California to New York to Paris, Smiley's latest tale reveals what it takes to travel to road to the coveted winner circle in this "sport of kings". Abridged on 5 CDs.Spanning two years on the horse racing circuit, taking listeners from Kentucky to California to New York to Paris, Smiley's latest tale reveals what it takes to travel to road to the coveted winner circle in this "sport of kings". Abridged on 5 CDs.Hide
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Audiobook CD,
Random House Audio Publishing Group,
2000
Description:Very Good. Audio Book on CD. Abridged. All discs checked and...Very Good. Audio Book on CD. Abridged. All discs checked and polished if needed. From our Rental Inventory. Crack to outside face of jewel case; does not affect CD's. GUARANTEED to play well. CONTEMPORARY FICTION ACD # 19.
Description:Fair. Some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not...Fair. Some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include cdrom or access codes. Some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include cdrom or access codes.
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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