Ask a Bookseller: 'Horse'
Alden Graves of Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vt., says he generally avoids books about animals, but he's glad he made an exception for Geraldine Brooks’ novel ‘Horse.’The latest work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author is a sweeping novel about horse racing — and racism — spanning from the 1850s to today. The novel is based on a real horse, Livingston, who is considered to be America's greatest racing horse, but the book’s human characters and their complex grappling with race are equally memorable.’"Until the ‘Horse,’ I’d always pick a ‘Year of Wonders’ as my favorite…
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