Geraldine Brooks's Horse is a richly detailed examination of the violence of America's past
- Written by Anne Pender, Kidman Chair in Australian Studies, University of Adelaide
In a letter accompanying the advance copy of her latest novel, Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks reveals the inspiration for Horse.
The author was propelled into the research for this masterly work by a chance conversation with a staff member from the Smithsonian Museum regarding the fastest, most celebrated American racehorse of the 19th century:
A horse so fast that the mass-produced stopwatch was manufactured so his fans could clock times in races that regularly drew more than twenty thousand spectators. A horse so handsome that the best equestrian artists vied to paint him …
Review: Horse – Geraldine Brooks (Hachette)