{"product_id":"9780374715175","title":"The Sport of Kings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003eA Recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e • \u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e • \u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the Rathbones Folio Prize \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003eLonglisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence\u003c\/b\u003e • \u003cb\u003eOne of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e100 Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e•\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e (Selected by Dwight Garner) \u003c\/b\u003e•\u003cb\u003e NPR \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e•\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e•\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Commonweal \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In its poetic splendor and moral seriousness, The Sport of Kings bears the traces of Faulkner, Morrison, and McCarthy. . . . It is a contemporary masterpiece.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e for its “remarkable achievements,” \u003ci\u003eThe Sport of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e is an American tale centered on a horse and two families: one white, a Southern dynasty whose forefathers were among the founders of Kentucky; the other African-American, the descendants of their slaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a dauntless narrative that stretches from the fields of the Virginia piedmont to the abundant pastures of the Bluegrass, and across the dark waters of the Ohio River; from the final shots of the Revolutionary War to the resounding clang of the starting bell at Churchill Downs. As C. E. Morgan unspools a fabric of shared histories, past and present converge in a Thoroughbred named Hellsmouth, heir to Secretariat and a contender for the Triple Crown. Newly confronted with one another in the quest for victory, the two families must face the consequences of their ambitions, as each is driven---and haunted---by the same, enduring question: How far away from your father can you run?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweeping narrative of wealth and poverty, racism and rage,\u003ci\u003e The Sport of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching portrait of lives cast in the shadow of slavery and a moral epic for our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121311695088,"sku":"9780374715175","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374715175_p0.jpg?v=1763691291","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374715175","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}