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I just finished Geraldine Brooks’ book ‘Horse’. A marvelous historical fiction novel about a Kentucky thoroughbred named Lexington (1850s-70s) and the slave boy who pretty much raised him and cared for him his whole life. It’s also a story of slavery and modern racism. The book jumps to present time with the story of a Nigerian art history grad student at Georgetown who is researching a painting of Lexington found in a trash pile. A meticulously researched book. Many of the characters and Lexington were real. Lexington may have been the greatest ever, who eventually sired many champions as well. It was a wonderful book.
I need a gap filler. Ken Follet’s 5th Kingsbridge novel comes out in about 1 month. Horse was one of those novels that make you go wow and I find it hard to decide what to read after that. I’m still slowly reading ‘The Road to Reality, A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe’ by Roger Penrose. I may just pick up the pace with that vs start something else right now.
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