Blood Horses

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, not really, but he spent two years finding out, journeying from prehistoric caves to the Kentucky Derby. The result is Blood Horses, a wise, humorous and often beautiful memoir exploring the relationship between man and horse and the relationship between a sportswriter's son and his late father.

About the author

John Jeremiah Sullivan is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the southern editor of The Paris Review. He writes for GQ, Harper's Magazine, and Oxford American, and is the author of Blood Horses and Pulphead. Sullivan lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Summary

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.

Report

An interestingly wayward memoir, exploring [...] the vibrant mixture of equine beauty and human ugliness to be found on the racetrack Jane Shilling Evening Standard

Product details

• Authors: John Jeremiah Sullivan, Sullivan John Jeremiah
• Publisher: Yellow Jersey
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 22.01.2015
• EAN: 9780224092296
• ISBN: 978-0-224-09229-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Horse Racing, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, SPORTS & RECREATION / Animal Sports / Horse Racing