Based on the historical account of a
champion racehorse of the 1850s, Brooks gives the reader a lot more in this
dual-time story.
The two Black protagonists, one the enslaved groom whose
devotion to the horse of the title is both heartbreaking and heartwarming; the
other a modern-day doctoral student finding his dissertation topic when he
uncovers a painting of a thoroughbred in his neighbor’s trash.
Brooks looks
hard at the racism of the pre-Civil War South and then turns her focus to the
racism of modern America. It is a hard book to put down, and the ending is a shocker.
"Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling." -The New York Times Book Review
"Horse isn't just an animal story-it's a moving narrative about race and art." -TIME
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history
Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an…
This is the story of a serial killer and his victims, one living and one dead. The idea is that there is a ripple effect to any crime, especially murder.
The ticking
clock timeline is masterful at building and sustaining tension. The author
takes that suspense and flavors it with empathy and a whole new portrait of the American serial killer.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2023 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL • NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
“Defiantly populated with living women . . . beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity . . . Notes on an Execution is nuanced, ambitious and compelling.” —Katie Kitamura, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Editors' Choice)
"A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. . . . Compassionate and thought-provoking." –BRIT BENNETT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half
I usually struggle with first novels and this one is a doozy at 700+ pages!!
But Hill is a gifted storyteller who takes the reader on a wild ride through
the summer of 1968 in Chicago and on into the lead-up to the 2016 election.
It
is a story of mothers and sons and fathers and daughters, peppered liberally
with signs of the times, like video game addicts and entitled students who think
nothing of plagiarizing the work of others.
'The best new writer of fiction in America. The best.' - John Irving
Nathan Hill's brilliant debut, The Nix, journeys from the rural Midwest of the 1960s, to New York City during Occupy Wall Street; from Chicago in 1968, to wartime Norway: home of the mysterious Nix.
Meet Samuel: stalled writer, bored teacher at a local college, obsessive player of online video games. He hasn't seen his mother, Faye, in decades, not since she abandoned her family when he was a boy. Now she has suddenly reappeared, having committed an absurd politically motivated crime that electrifies the nightly news, beguiles…
Author Jo Horne shares her intimate journey of
love, loss, and self-discovery.
When her husband of 40+ years passes away after
a long illness, she finds herself navigating the unfamiliar territory of
widowhood. From the bittersweet passage of her husband’s last six months to the
small victories of her first two years alone, she shares the ups and downs of
her journey with unflinching honesty.
