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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "A WISE, SPIRITED NOVEL . . . <IN WHICH> SMILEY PLUMBS THE WONDROUSLY STRANGE WORLD OF HORSE RACING." --People "ONE OF THE PREMIER NOVELISTS OF HER GENERATION, possessed of a mastery of craft and an uncompromising vision that grow... read more
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really really sounds good if you like horses you should read
Characters/People edit
- Rosalind Maybrick: Al's upper crusty but classy, wife and horse owner
- Al Maybrick: Rosalind's husband, horse owner, manufacturer of "giant heavy metal objects" in "distant impoverished nationlike locations"
- Farley Jones: Zen trainer for Limitless
- Buddy Crawford: A crooked trainer
- Ho Ho Ice Chill: Rapper
- Epic Steam: A "monster" colt
- Residual: Winsome filly
- Limitless: Supernaturally-focused horse
- Froney's Sis: Trembling little horse
- Justa Bob: A little swaybacked, a little ewe-necked, but possessed of a fine sense of humor and an abiding disdain for winning races by anything but a nose
- Elizabeth Zada: Psychic horse trainer, who "streams" the thoughts of Mr. T, a horse in love with his caretaker, Joy
- Joy Gorham: Mr. T's caretaker and Farley's depressive girlfriend
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jane Smiley (Author)
Awards edit
- Orange Prize for Fiction (Finalist, 2001)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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