Lord of Misrule

Author(s): Jaimy Gordon

Fiction

Longlisted for the Orange Prize 2012. He planned to steal with these horses, who were all better than they looked on paper. The trick was to get in and get out fast. But could he really pull it off? Could he be that sure, could he count on being that lucky? Listen carefully my dear. Lord of Misrule, he whispered loudly. Lord of Misrule, Margaret. Memorize that name.


Product Information

Winner of National Book Awards: Fiction 2010. Orange Prize for Fiction 2012.

'An exuberant firecracker of a novel' Sunday Times. 'Mesmerizing ... Addictive' Independent. 'Profoundly moving ... A sure-fire winner' Sunday Telegraph. 'This novel is so assured, exotic and uncategorizable ... an incontrovertible winner, a bona fide bolt from the blue' New York Times. 'Such a beautifully written novel ... Remarkable' Jane Smiley, author of Horse Heaven.

Jaimy Gordon was born in Baltimore. She teaches at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and in the Prague Summer Program for Writers, and received an Academy-Institute Award for her fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Lord of Misrule is her fourth novel, and was awarded the National Book Award for Fiction 2010.

General Fields

  • : 9780857386717
  • : Quercus Publishing Plc
  • : Quercus Publishing Plc
  • : May 2012
  • : 198mm X 132mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jaimy Gordon
  • : 296
  • : 813.6
  • : Paperback