Cover of Lord of Misrule

First published 2010

Lord of Misrule

by Jaimy Gordon

Women's Prize 2012 · Longlist NBA Fiction 2010 · Winner

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Lord of Misrule follows five characters - scarred and lonely dreamers - through a year and four races at Indian Mound Downs, downriver from Wheeling, West Virginia.

Prize history

Women's Prize for Fiction 2012 Longlist
National Book Award for Fiction 2010 Winner

ISBN 9780929701837 · 9780307946737 · 9780857386694

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