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OverviewFrom the critically acclaimed author of Pulphead comes a wise, humorous and often beautiful memoir exploring the relationship between man and horse and the relationship between sons and fathers One evening late in his life, veteran sportswriter Mike Sullivan was asked by his son what he remembered best from his three decades in the press box. The answer came as a surprise. 'I was at Secretariat's Derby, in '73. That was ... just beauty, you know?' John Jeremiah Sullivan didn't know, not really, but he spent two years finding out, journeying from prehistoric caves to the Kentucky Derby. The result is Blood Horses, a wise, humorous and often beautiful memoir exploring the relationship between man and horse and the relationship between a sportswriter's son and his late father. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Jeremiah SullivanPublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Yellow Jersey Press Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.199kg ISBN: 9780224092296ISBN 10: 0224092294 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 22 January 2015 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAn interestingly wayward memoir, exploring [...] the vibrant mixture of equine beauty and human ugliness to be found on the racetrack -- Jane Shilling Evening Standard A great father-son memoir, and a good book about horses, too -- William Leith, 4 stars Scotsman As a memoir, an elegy and a piece of investigative journalism, it dazzles The Economist Iridescent Sunday Times Amply researched and gracefully told New Yorker An interestingly wayward memoir, exploring [...] the vibrant mixture of equine beauty and human ugliness to be found on the racetrack -- Jane Shilling Evening Standard As a memoir, an elegy and a piece of investigative journalism, it dazzles The Economist Iridescent Sunday Times Amply researched and gracefully told New Yorker Sullivan has found the transcendent in the house Sports Illustrated Author InformationJohn Jeremiah Sullivan is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the southern editor of The Paris Review. He writes for GQ, Harper's Magazine, and Oxford American, and is the author of Blood Horses and Pulphead. Sullivan lives in Wilmington, North Carolina. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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