History and imagination

Horse is historical fiction at its best, another unforgettable book by author Geraldine Brooks. Born and raised in Australia, Brooks now lives in the United States and her work demonstrates an insightful and nuanced appreciation for our country’s past. Horse is her ninth book; previously her novel March, which imagines the story of the absent father from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2006.

In , the author takes an equally fresh approach to the story of Lexington, the great American racehorse of the 19th century