{"product_id":"kick-the-latch","title":"Kick the Latch","description":"\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 Testimony. 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhittled 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","brand":"Kathryn Scanlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44953206947887,"sku":"9781914198250","price":599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9781914198250.jpg?v=1770794983","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/kick-the-latch","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}