Horse Heaven - Jane Smiley

Now in paperback, Horse Heaven combines the intense feeling of Smiley's Pulitzer Prize-winning A Thousand Acres with the wit, pace, and brightness of Moo. Spanning two years on the circuit, from Kentucky and California to New York and Paris, the book puts readers among the trainers, track brats, jockeys, billionaire owners, restless wives, gamblers, and hangers-on who populate the endlessly fascinating world of horse racing. \n#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK \nA WISE, SPIRITED NOVEL . . . IN WHICH] SMILEY PLUMBS THE WONDROUSLY \nSTRANGE WORLD OF HORSE RACING. --People \n \nONE OF THE PREMIER NOVELISTS OF HER GENERATION, possessed of a mastery \nof craft and an uncompromising vision that grow more powerful with each \nbook . . . Racing's eclectic mix of classes and personalities provides \nSmiley with fertile soil . . . Expertly juggling storylines, she \ninvestigates the sexual, social, psychological, and spiritual problems \nof wealthy owners, working-class bettors, trainers on the edge of \nfinancial ruin, and, in a typically bold move, horses. \n--The Washington Post \n \nA NOVEL OF PASSION IN EVERY SENSE . . . SHE DOES] IT ALL WITH APLOMB . \n. . WITH A DEMON NARRATIVE INTELLIGENCE. \n--The Boston Sunday Globe \n \nWITTY, ENERGETIC . . . It's deeply satisfying to read a work of fiction \nso informed about its subject and so alive to every nuance and detail . \n. . Smiley's] final chapters have a wonderful restorative quality. \n--The New York Times Book Review \n \nRICHLY DETAILED, INGENIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED . . . YOU WILL REVEL IN JANE \nSMILEY'S HORSE HEAVEN. \n--San Diego Union-Tribune \n \nChosen by the Los Angeles Times as One of the Best Books of the Year\n