Synopsis
Aldous "Gus" Cotton struggles to deal with his notorious father, Harry, who had achieved success as the jockey who rode the legendary Gold Cup winner Ampersand to victory but who now is more interested in carousing, brothels, gambling houses, alcohol, and all other forms of excess. By the author of Fairness. Reprint.
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“Crowded with rich and lovely scenes.” –John Le Carré
“He has painted with infinite bravura a picture of an amateur jockey of the last generation.” – Daily Mail
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Ferdinand Mount is a Sunday Times columnist and Editor of the TLS.
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Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2003
ISBN 10: 0786711906
ISBN 13: 9780786711901
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