Horse
“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.”
“Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.”
by Geraldine Brook
A discarded oil painting of a racehorse and a forgotten horse skeleton in the Smithsonian. This is what set the stage for a journey that spans the civil war to today’s iPhone era. Based on the life of one of America’s greatest racehorses, this novel tells the story of the unique bond between horse and groomsman, the intertwined relationship with slaves and free men in the horseracing industry, and the American civil war’s devastating effect then and now.