Kick the Latch

With its ruthless concision and artful mysteries, Kathryn Scanlan's Kick the Latch is lightning in a bottle. Based on transcribed interviews with Sonia, a horse trainer, the novel vividly captures the arc of one woman's life at the racetrack – the flat land and ramshackle backstretch; the bad feelings and friction; the winner's circle and the racetrack bar; the fancy suits and fancy boots; and th...