{"product_id":"sport-of-kings-book-c-e-morgan-9781250131843","title":"The Sport of Kings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003eNPR\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\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hailed 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It 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?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A sweeping narrative of wealth and poverty, racism and rage, \u003ci\u003eThe 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":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49562913505553,"sku":"GOR013648062","price":5.39,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49566592696593,"sku":"GOR009981327","price":5.39,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50370895708433,"sku":"CIN1250131847A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50586070909201,"sku":"CIN1250131847VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51021836714257,"sku":"NIN9781250131843","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52106261987601,"sku":"CIN1250131847G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250131847.jpg?v=1751335406","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/products\/sport-of-kings-buch-c-e-morgan-9781250131843","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}