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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- Artist
- Sparks, KT
- ISBN
- 9781646030668
- Book Title
- Four Dead Horses
- Publisher
- Regal House Publishing, LLC
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- General
- Item Weight
- 14.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 257 Pages
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On May 1, 1982, eighteen-year-old Martin Oliphant watches a horse drown off the shore of Lake Michigan--the first of four equine corpses marking the trail that will lead Martin out of the small-minded small town of Pierre, Michigan, onto the open ranges of Elko, Nevada, and into the open arms, or at least open mics, of the cowboy poets who gather there to perform. Along the way, he nurtures a dying mother, who insists the only thing wrong with her is tennis elbow; corrals a demented father, who believes he's Father Christmas; assists the dissolute local newspaper editor; and serves stints as horse rustler and pet mortician. For thirty years, Martin searches for an escape route to the West, to poetry, and to his first love, the cowgirl Ginger, but never manages to get much farther than the city limits of his Midwestern hometown--that is, until a world famous cow horse dies while touring through Pierre, and Martin is tapped to transport its remains to the funeral at the 32nd Annual Elko Cowboy Poetry Confluence.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Regal House Publishing, LLC
ISBN-10
1646030664
ISBN-13
9781646030668
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15050386695
Product Key Features
Book Title
Four Dead Horses
Number of Pages
257 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
General
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"KT Sparks has written a wild, sharp-edged, wickedly funny debut novel. Her characters are truly vivid and eccentric creations. Sparks is a master of perfectly controlled, fully loaded, turbo-charged sentences that will surprise and delight you." --Dana Spiotta, Author of Innocence and Others and Stone Arabia, "Sparks writes with ecstatic generosity of spirit, wicked humor, and doesn't flinch as she stares down the sometimes-tragedy of everyday American living. Martin Oliphant is a loveable schlub who wants to make his life a little grander and more poetic, like the cowboy poetry he so adores, and I was rooting for him the whole way. How rare to find a book so savagely smart while also so full of compassion for its aspiring hero. Four Dead Horses is a triumph and a delight . . . and as the granddaughter of cowpokes I love it a little extra too..." --CJ Hauser, Author of Family of Origin, "If I had to choose one book, just one, to get me through a pandemic--or any other aspect of twenty-first century living-- Four Dead Horses would be it. KT Sparks writes with a sleight of hand magic that turns sharp humor into compassion and molds lovable characters out of the absurd stuff of everyday life. I'm heartened by the humanity in this novel. Wannabe cowboy poet Martin Oliphant is an unlikely (un)hero who makes me laugh and gives me hope--not the Hallmark card kind-- but the gritty, hilarious, intelligent hope we all need to make it through the world today. Definitely one of my favorite books of the year." --BK Loren, Author of Theft, "If John Irving had chronicled the upper Midwest, he might have written this boisterous, satirical gem of a novel. At times wickedly funny, at times poignant, Four Dead Horses is an unforgettable portrait of Martin Oliphant, an elephantine Michigan man who hates horses--and may occasionally (and unwittingly) participate in their demise--but who nevertheless dreams of performing with the real cowboys at the Annual Elko Cowboy Poetry Confluence. It is rare to come across such a remarkably assured work by any writer, much less one who has never been published before. Four Dead Horses is a joy to read, and the prose seems almost effortless in its grace. Yet this is clearly the work of a craftsperson who has toiled long and hard to master voice, dialogue, story, and--to often devastating effect--characterization." --Brad Parks, bestselling author of Say Nothing, Closer than You Know, The Last Act , and the Carter Ross mysteries, "Sparks writes with ecstatic generosity of spirit, wicked humor, and doesn't flinch as she stares down the sometimes-tragedy of everyday American living. Martin Oliphant is a loveable schlub who wants to make his life a little grander and more poetic, like the cowboy poetry he so adores, and I was rooting for him the whole way. How rare to find a book so savagely smart while also so full of compassion for its aspiring hero. Four Dead Horses is a triumph and a delight...and as the grandaughter of cowpokes I love it a little extra too." --CJ Hauser, author of Family of Origin and the "Paris Review" essay, The Crane Wife, "Sparks's wildly offbeat debut . . . [is an] occasionally poignant and mostly wacky story... one Tom Robbins fans will want to take a look at." -- Publishers Weekly, "If John Irving had chronicled the upper Midwest, he might have written this boisterous, satirical gem of a novel. At times wickedly funny, at times poignant, Four Dead Horses is an unforgettable portrait of Martin Oliphant, an elephantine Michigan man who hates horses--and may occasionally (and unwittingly) participate in their demise--but who nevertheless dreams of performing with the real cowboys at the Annual Elko Cowboy Poetry Confluence. It is rare to come across such a remarkably assured work by any writer, much less one who has never been published before. Four Dead Horses is a joy to read, and the prose seems almost effortless in its grace. Yet this is clearly the work of a craftsperson who has toiled long and hard to master voice, dialogue, story, and--to often devastating effect--characterization." --Brad Parks, Author of Say Nothing , Closer Than You Know , The Last Act , and the Carter Ross mysteries, "Sparks weaves a story steeped in pathos, humor, and satire bound together by one man's desire to live his American dream." -- Alka Lakhera, The Mantle, "This brilliant debut is a perfect balance of smart satire, plaintive poetry, dreadful loss, and humorous escapism that will whiplash you all the way to its unexpected and delightful conclusion. Four Dead Horses is already one of my favorite books of 2021." --J. Ryan Stradal, Author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest and The Lager Queen of Minnesota
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Dewey Decimal
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