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    "description": "<i>Kick the Latch</i> vividly captures the arc of one woman\u2019s life at the racetrack \u2013 the flat land and ramshackle backstretch; the bad feelings and friction; the winner\u2019s circle and the racetrack bar; the fancy suits and fancy boots; and the \u2018particular language\u2019 of \u2018grooms, jockeys, trainers, racing secretaries, stewards, pony people, hotwalkers, everybody\u2019 \u2013 with economy and integrity.<br />\n<br />\nBased on transcribed interviews with Sonia, a horse trainer, the novel investigates form and authenticity. As Kathryn Scanlan puts it, \u2018I wanted to preserve \u2013 amplify, exaggerate \u2013 Sonia\u2019s idiosyncratic speech, her bluntness, her flair as a storyteller. I arrived at what you could call a composite portrait of a self.\u2019 Whittled down with a fiercely singular artistry, Kick the Latch bangs out of the starting gate and carries the reader on a careening joyride around the inside track.<br />\n<br />\n\u2018<i>Kick the Latch</i> is a triumph.\u2019 \u2013 <i>Financial Times</i>",
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