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Blood Horses

Blood Horses

by JohnJeremiahSullivan (Author)

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    Hardcover 2013

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Synopsis

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, but he spent two years finding out, journeying from prehistoric caves to the Kentucky Derby. The result is 'Blood Horses, ' a wise, humorous memoir exploring the relationship between man and horse and the relationship between a sportswriter's son and his late father

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 272
 Publisher: Yellow Jersey
Published: 28 Feb 2013
ISBN 10: 0224091867
ISBN 13: 9780224091862
Book Overview: From 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

Media Reviews
An 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 You needn't love horses to find this idiosyncratic memoir a joy -- 4 stars Lady This is desperately sad, life-affirming and just about wonderful. It is the book every father would want his son to write about him -- Eileen Battersby Irish Times As a memoir, an elegy and a piece of investigative journalism, it dazzles The Economist
Author Bio
John Jeremiah Sullivan is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the southern editor ofThe Paris Review. He writes for GQ, Harper's Magazine, and Oxford American, and is the author of Pulphead. Sullivan lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.