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'"They're all doing it... It's not so much a contest between horses, as a race to find the best recipe."
'When young scientist Jean Campbell is invited help root out drugs in sport, she enters a murky world where power, privilege, money and illicit practices mix easily. It is Australia in the 1940s, the war is over, and Jean and her charismatic boss Howard Carter risk everything to expose the cruel underbelly of the "sport of kings".
'But old-school racehorse trainer Martin Foley refuses to go quietly, and his influence and 'connections' go straight to the highest echelons of polite society. Success or failure turns on a surly young stable hand from a broken home named Frank Littell, and the fateful decision he is forced to make...' (From the publisher's website.)
'When young scientist Jean Campbell is invited help root out drugs in sport, she enters a murky world where power, privilege, money and illicit practices mix easily. It is Australia in the 1940s, the war is over, and Jean and her charismatic boss Howard Carter risk everything to expose the cruel underbelly of the "sport of kings".
'But old-school racehorse trainer Martin Foley refuses to go quietly, and his influence and 'connections' go straight to the highest echelons of polite society. Success or failure turns on a surly young stable hand from a broken home named Frank Littell, and the fateful decision he is forced to make...' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication:
TO TED AND OLIVER
and the stories lived,
heard, remembered,
imagined and told. -
Epigraph:
'Everything one was to become
must have been there,
for better or worse.'
Graham Green, A Sort of Life
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Tale of the Turf
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 334 2011; (p. 49)
— Review of The Chase 2011 single work novel -
An Intriguing Debut Bursts out of the Gate
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 3 September 2011; (p. 25) The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 September 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of The Chase 2011 single work novel -
Inside Dope on Colourful Identities
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 August 2011; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Chase 2011 single work novel -
Cover Notes
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 28 August 2011; (p. 17)
— Review of The Chase 2011 single work novel -
Well Read
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of Babylon 2011 single work novel ; The Chase 2011 single work novel
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A Canter on the Turf
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 August 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of The Chase 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 91 no. 1 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of The Chase 2011 single work novel -
In the Thick of the Fix
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 - 14 August 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of The Chase 2011 single work novel -
Fiction Reviews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 - 14 August 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Chase 2011 single work novel -
Well Read
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of Babylon 2011 single work novel ; The Chase 2011 single work novel
Last amended 15 Mar 2021 13:59:25
Settings:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1940s
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