![]() The bulk of the novel starts sometime after World War II, though we do get a picture of how the Forges got where they are. Nevertheless, it is a very fine novel indeed, and covers many of the themes needed to become The Great American Novel: sex, marital/relationship failure, sport, racial politics, incest (human and equine), the South (what it is and how it compares to the North), a bit of the pioneer story and that burning desire to be the best or get the best, whatever the cost, particularly if the cost is borne by someone else. ![]() And it certainly is not The Great American Novel. Having read, so far, only four other novels published this year, I am not competent to judge whether this novel is the most daring of the year, though I did not find it particularly daring, just fairly daring. ![]() Neither I nor, I would hope, any other discerning reader would take their lead from the Daily Telegraph in literary matters so let’s cut to the chase. This book has received rave reviews, with the Daily Telegraph suggesting it was the most daring novel of 2016 and even suggesting it was the Great American Novel. ![]()
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