The Sport of Kings (novel)

The Sport of Kings

First edition cover
Author	C. E. Morgan
Audio read by	George Newbern
Language	English
Genre	Family saga
Set in	Kentucky and Ohio
Publisher	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Publication place	New York
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	560
Awards	Kirkus Prize (2016)
ISBN	978-0-374-28108-3
OCLC	918995087
Dewey Decimal	813/.6
LC Class	PS3613.O73 S68 2016

The Sport of Kings is a 2016 novel by C. E. Morgan. It is a family saga about horse racing set in Kentucky and Ohio.

It won the 2016 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Reception

In its starred review, Kirkus Reviews called the novel "vaultingly ambitious, thrillingly well-written, charged with moral fervor and rueful compassion." ^[1]

Publishers Weekly praised the novel's "authentically pungent shed-row atmosphere" but criticized its "series of melodramatic incidents that undermines the care with which Morgan has created these larger-than-life characters." ^[2]

Awards and nominations

• Winner, 2016 Kirkus Prize for Fiction ^[3]
• Finalist, 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ^[4]
• Shortlist, 2017 Women's Prize for Fiction ^[5]
• Shortlist, 2017 Rathbones Folio Prize ^[6]
• Longlist, 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction ^[7]
• Nominee, 2016 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction ^[8]

References

1. "The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan". Kirkus Reviews . February 29, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
2. "Fiction Book Review: The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan". Publishers Weekly . March 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
3. "2016 Kirkus Prize". Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved December 9, 2020.
4. "Finalist: The Sport of Kings, by C. E. Morgan (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)". The Pulitzer Prizes . Retrieved December 9, 2020.
5. "Revealing the 2017 Shortlist..." Women's Prize for Fiction . May 26, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
6. "Rathbones Folio Prize 2017 Shortlist". Rathbones Folio Prize . Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
7. "2017 Winners". American Library Association . Retrieved December 9, 2020.
8. "Your guide to the James Tait Black Prizes". The University of Edinburgh . July 26, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2020.