The Sport of Kings (novel)

The Sport of Kings is a 2016 novel by C. E. Morgan. It is a family saga about horse racing set in Kentucky and Ohio.

The Sport of Kings
First edition cover
AuthorC. E. Morgan
Audio read byGeorge Newbern
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFamily saga
Set inKentucky and Ohio
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
May 3, 2016
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages560
AwardsKirkus Prize (2016)
ISBN978-0-374-28108-3
OCLC918995087
813/.6
LC ClassPS3613.O73 S68 2016

It won the 2016 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Reception

In its starred review, Kirkus Reviews called the novel "vaultingly ambitious, thrillingly well-written, charged with moral fervor and rueful compassion."[1]

Publishers Weekly praised the novel's "authentically pungent shed-row atmosphere" but criticized its "series of melodramatic incidents that undermines the care with which Morgan has created these larger-than-life characters."[2]

Awards and nominations

References
  1. "The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan". Kirkus Reviews. February 29, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  2. "Fiction Book Review: The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan". Publishers Weekly. March 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  3. "2016 Kirkus Prize". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  4. "Finalist: The Sport of Kings, by C. E. Morgan (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  5. "Revealing the 2017 Shortlist..." Women's Prize for Fiction. May 26, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  6. "Rathbones Folio Prize 2017 Shortlist". Rathbones Folio Prize. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  7. "2017 Winners". American Library Association. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  8. "Your guide to the James Tait Black Prizes". The University of Edinburgh. July 26, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
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