Kick the Latch

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'...a chiselled little gem about a horse trainer called Sonia...told in her unforgettably downbeat voice. Such poise and economy - I can't remember a novel about work that's impressed me so.' - Tim Winton


Based on transcribed interviews with a former racehorse trainer from Iowa,Kick the Latch is a stunning work of fiction that investigates form, authenticityand idiosyncratic speech. This is a patient and attentive exercise in radical listening,whittled, shaped and reimagined to tell the story of one woman's fine,hard, pungent life at the racetrack in 100 tough, side-of-the-mouth nuggets.

Author Bio

Kathryn Scanlan is the author of The Dominant Animal andlives in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in NOON,Granta and The Paris Review. She has degrees in painting,writing and English from the University of Iowa and theSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her debut novel,AUG 9-FOG, a literary adaptation of a found diary, waspublished by FSG in 2019.