1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK

A WISE, SPIRITED NOVEL … [IN WHICH] SMILEY PLUMBS THE WONDROUSLY STRANGE WORLD OF HORSE RACING. –People

ONE OF THE PREMIER NOVELISTS OF HER GENERATION, possessed of a mastery of craft and an uncompromising vision that grow more powerful with each book … Racing’s eclectic mix of classes and personalities provides Smiley with fertile soil … Expertly juggling storylines, she investigates the sexual, social, psychological, and spiritual problems of wealthy owners, working-class bettors, trainers on the edge of financial ruin, and, in a typically bold move, horses.

–The Washington Post

A NOVEL OF PASSION IN EVERY SENSE … [SHE DOES] IT ALL WITH APLOMB … WITH A DEMON NARRATIVE INTELLIGENCE.

–The Boston Sunday Globe

WITTY, ENERGETIC … It’s deeply satisfying to read a work of fiction so informed about its subject and so alive to every nuance and detail … [Smiley’s] final chapters have a wonderful restorative quality.
–The New York Times Book Review

RICHLY DETAILED, INGENIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED … YOU WILL REVEL IN JANE SMILEY’S HORSE HEAVEN.
–San Diego Union-Tribune

Chosen by the Los Angeles Times as One of the Best Books of the Year