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Training the horse from hell

C.E. Morgan’s vivid epic of rage and racism on a Kentucky stud farm exposes the myth of the American dream

30 April 2016

9:00 AM

30 April 2016

9:00 AM

The Sport of Kings C.E. Morgan

Fourth Estate, pp.560, £16.99, ISBN: 9780007313266

There were moments while reading this sprawling, ambitious novel when I thought I was reading a masterpiece. But at other times, it felt as if the author was convinced that she was writing one.

The Sport of Kings is the story of the Forge family of Kentucky. They’re a brutal lot.

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