{"product_id":"kick-the-latch","title":"Kick the Latch","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eKick the Latch\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKathryn Scanlan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780811232005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Directions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eKathryn Scanlan's \u003cem\u003eKick the Latch\u003c\/em\u003e 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 the \"particular language\" of \"grooms, jockeys, trainers, racing secretaries, stewards, pony people, hotwalkers, everybody\"--with economy and integrity. \u003cp\u003eBased on transcribed interviews with Sonia, a horse trainer, the novel investigates form and authenticity in a feat of synthesis reminiscent of Charles Reznikoff's \u003cem\u003eTestimony\u003c\/em\u003e. As Scanlan puts it, \"I wanted to preserve--amplify, exaggerate--Sonia's idiosyncratic speech, her bluntness, her flair as a storyteller. I arrived at what you could call a composite portrait of a self.\" Whittled down with a fiercely singular artistry, \u003cem\u003eKick the Latch\u003c\/em\u003e bangs out of the starting gate and carries the reader on a careening joyride around the inside track.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"New Directions","offers":[{"title":"Kick the Latch | Kathryn Scanlan | Paperback | 9780811232005 | New | Fiction 1453576","offer_id":50565503058178,"sku":"1453576","price":37.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/41LZvE-oYeL.jpg?v=1790762830","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/kick-the-latch","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}