Book Marks: On track for greatness

10 May 2016 - 09:36
By Andrew Donaldson

Astonishing, ambitious and fearless sprawl of a novel, this. THIS YEAR'S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELThe Sport of Kings by CE Morgan (Fourth Estate)Astonishing, ambitious and fearless sprawl of a novel, this. Henry Forge, indelibly marked by the patrimony of his wealthy father, a Kentucky tyrant obsessed with the preservation of the family name, dreams of turning the Forge farm into a venue for breeding champion horses - a quest, it turns out, that's as monomaniacal as Ahab's hunt for that white whale.

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