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Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
The seedy underbelly of low-stakes horse racing comes into gritty focus in this National Book Award winner. The book centers around Maggie, a young girl more in love with the horses than her sleazy boyfriend Tommy; Medicine Ed, a groom who has been rubbing down racehorses for more than 50 years; and Deucey, a gypsy woman making a scrappy living off one broken-down horse that still wins small purses. Written in highly stylized language that captures the track lingo and vernacular of the era, the characters are portrayed in three-dimensional life through unique voices.
