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Published May 2012
288 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction
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Will Testerman is a young Wyoming horse trainer determined to make something of himself. Money is tight at the family ranch, where he's living again after a disastrous end to his job on the Texas show-horse circuit. He sees his chance with a beautiful quarter horse, a filly that might earn him a reputation, and spends his savings to buy her.
Armed with stories and the confidence of youth, he devotes himself to her training - first, in the familiar barns and corrals of home, then on a guest ranch in the rugged Absaroka mountains, and, in the final trial, on the glittering, treacherous polo fields of southern California.
With Boleto, Alyson Hagy delivers a masterfully told, exquisitely observed novel about our intimate relationships with animals and money, against the backdrop of a new West that is changing forever.
"Starred Review. [A] beautiful tale of redemption and perseverance... Hagy is fast becoming a recognizable author of the American West." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Review. Hagy exquisitely delineates the magnificence of horses and the western landscape even as she pointedly critiques class warfare in the New West." - Booklist
"Plot lags behind character, but Hagy reads horses and people so well you won't mind…so much." - Kirkus Reviews
"Hagy (Ghosts of Wyoming) knows her territory, describing dude ranch employees, harnesses, trails, horses, and human conflict in lyrical but concise language. This realistic tale about a modern cowboy will be popular with lovers of literary fiction and American Western culture." - Library Journal
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Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.
Alyson Hagy is the author of Ghosts of Wyoming and Snow, Ashes. Ghosts of Wyoming won the High Plains Book Award for Fiction. Hagy lives in Laramie, Wyoming.
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