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Lord of Misrule
Reader Score
67%
67% of readers
recommend this book
Critic Reviews
Good
Based on 9 reviews on
"Lord of Misrule" is a darkly realistic novel about a young woman living through a year of horse racing at a half-mile track in West Virginia, while everyone's best laid schemes keep going brutally wrong. With her first novel since her acclaimed "Bogeywoman" (1999), Jaimy Gordon bears comparison to other great writers of the American demimonde, such as Nathanael West, Damon Runyon, and Eudora Welty.-- "book cover"
Book Details
- Publisher: McPherson
- Publish Date: Nov 15th, 2010
- Pages: 294
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.78in - 5.85in - 1.01in - 1.12lb
- EAN: 9780929701837
- Categories: • Sports• Literary
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What people are saying
"Virtually every sentence is thick and lush. You can practically see, taste, and smell this pothole of sadness, obscurity, dark humor, and resilience."
A bite-sized book review, sending subscribers well-crafted reviews by distinguished & engaging writers direct to their inboxes. ✍🏼 = our editor, Ann Kjellberg
#haventreadmuch about life on the race track? Michael Klein, who reviewed @K_Scanlan_'s "Kick the Latch" has some recommendations: "Laughing in the Hills" by Bill Barich "Lord of Misrule" by Jaimy Gordon "I Want to Know Why" and "The Man Who Became a Woman" by Sherwood Anderson
Critics’ reviews
What people are saying
"Virtually every sentence is thick and lush. You can practically see, taste, and smell this pothole of sadness, obscurity, dark humor, and resilience."
A bite-sized book review, sending subscribers well-crafted reviews by distinguished & engaging writers direct to their inboxes. ✍🏼 = our editor, Ann Kjellberg
#haventreadmuch about life on the race track? Michael Klein, who reviewed @K_Scanlan_'s "Kick the Latch" has some recommendations: "Laughing in the Hills" by Bill Barich "Lord of Misrule" by Jaimy Gordon "I Want to Know Why" and "The Man Who Became a Woman" by Sherwood Anderson