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020 _a9780007313280
100 _aMorgan, C. E.
245 4 _aThe sport of kings
260 _a[Sydney]
_bFourth Estate
_c2015
500 _aDownloadable eBook.
500 _aFiction.
500 _aAdult.
520 _aRemote
520 _a?You and I are family. Blood and treasure. Listen to me, I created this world with my own two hands, and I am going to leave it all to you.? 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 an endeavour of raw obsession: to breed the next superhorse. But when Allmon Shaughnessy, an ambitious young black man, comes to work on their farm after a stint in prison, the violence of the Forges? history and the exigencies of appetite are brought starkly into view. Entangled by fear, prejudice, and lust, the three tether their personal dreams of glory to the speed and grace of Hellsmouth. A spiralling tale of wealth and poverty, racism and rage, The Sport of Kings is an unflinching portrait of lives cast in shadow by the enduring legacy of slavery. A vital new voice, C. E. Morgan has given life to a tale as mythic and fraught as the South itself - a moral epic for our time.
520 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
520 _a[electronic resource] /
690 _aHorses-Breeding-Fiction
690 _aHorse racing-Fiction
690 _aFamilies-Kentucky-Fiction
856 _uhttps://fe.bolindadigital.com/wldcs_bol_fo/b2i/productDetail.html?productId=HCP_248597&b2iSite=6348&preview=no
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