The Greyhound God (Western Literature Series) - Hardcover

Morris, Keith Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0874175550 ISBN 13: 9780874175554

Verlag: University of Nevada Press, 2003

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Book by Morris Keith Lee

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"The 32-year-old narrator of Keith Lee Morris's The Greyhound God is one part Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown, one part Fitzgerald's Nick Carraway, one part Twain's Huck Finn and one part general wanderer. Shake those dice any way you like: That's a fine literary pedigree. Throw in Morris's characteristic wit and smooth dialogue, and you have a book that's bursting with promise." -Ryan G. Van Cleave, Las Vegas Senior Press "Keith Lee Morris asks all the right questions-and is smart enough not to try to answer them-in this memorable debut about love and faith, luck and fate." -Michael Parker, author of Hello Down There and Towns Without Rivers "This is a wonderful book, one that will long endure in the heads and hearts of its readers, one that clearly establishes Morris as a writer who matters tremendously and who will continue to matter for years to come." -Brock Clarke, author of The Ordinary White Boy and What We Won't Do

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A restless man obsessed with dog races embarks on a cross-country journey leading to his Idaho hometown in this debut novel reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye. Luke Rivers is a part-time bartender and full-time gambler who dreams of scoring big at the dog races. He travels the greyhound circuit with his wife, Jenny, and their young son, Jake, until one morning he wakes up in a motel in Rapid City, South Dakota, to discover that Jenny has left him and taken Jake with her. Now, for the first time, Luke must confront both the tragic family past that led him to gambling and the uncertain future that lies ahead. Morris evokes with deft intelligence the colorful world of dog racing and the characters, human and canine, who inhabit it. But this is merely a background for the travails of Luke and his little family, the cheap motels and dusty dreams, the tensions between Luke's tender love for his son and his obsession with his betting "system." Luke's dilemma-whether to pursue Jenny or continue gambling-is complicated further by his painful memories of family tragedy and personal breakdowns, and by a seemingly miraculous winning streak at the track.

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• Verlag: University of Nevada Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0874175550
• ISBN 13: 9780874175554
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328