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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Kick the Latch

Kick the Latch

Scanlan, Kathryn

Paperback

WesternsGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 081123200X
ISBN13: 9780811232005
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: Sep 27 2022
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.46 Width: 4.72 Depth: 7.23
Language: English
Kathryn Scanlan's Kick the Latch vividly captures the arc of one woman's life at the racetrack--the flat land and ramshackle backstretch; the bad feelings and friction; the winner's circle and the racetrack bar; the fancy suits and fancy boots; and the particular language of grooms, jockeys, trainers, racing secretaries, stewards, pony people, hotwalkers, everybody--with economy and integrity.

Based on transcribed interviews with Sonia, a horse trainer, the novel investigates form and authenticity in a feat of synthesis reminiscent of Charles Reznikoff's Testimony. As Scanlan puts it, I wanted to preserve--amplify, exaggerate--Sonia's idiosyncratic speech, her bluntness, her flair as a storyteller. I arrived at what you could call a composite portrait of a self. Whittled down with a fiercely singular artistry, Kick the Latch bangs out of the starting gate and carries the reader on a careening joyride around the inside track.

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