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  • The Dark Horse: A Virago Modern Classic

    The Dark Horse by Godden, Rumer;

    A Virago Modern Classic

    Series: Virago Modern Classics; 167;

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      • Publisher's listprice GBP 10.99
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    Estimated delivery time: In stock at the publisher, but not at Prospero's office. Delivery time approx. 3-5 weeks.
    Not in stock at Prospero.

    Why don't you give exact delivery time?

    Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.

    Product details:

    • Publisher Little, Brown
    • Date of Publication 13 February 2025

    • ISBN 9780349017594
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages208 pages
    • Size 198x126x22 mm
    • Weight 167 g
    • Language English
    • 637

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    Long description:

    By the author of Black Narcissus and The River

    '[Godden's] distinctive, poised and unsentimental books have never lost a shred of their almost hypnotic appeal' ROSIE THOMAS, GUARDIAN

    'One of our best and most captivating novelists' PHILIP HENSHER

    '[Godden has] a genius for storytelling' EVENING STANDARD


    'All horses can walk - some badly, some well, but to a few is given a gift of movement feline in its grace, a slouching, flowing continuous movement that is a joy to watch. Dark Invader strode in glorious rhythm, his great shoulders rolling, muscles rippling along his flanks under the satin skin.'

    In 1930s Calcutta, a beautiful racehorse brings together a group of outsiders: John Quillan, a talented trainer ostracized for his marriage; Mr Leventine, the shrewd new owner of Dark Invader; Ted Mullins, his groom, whose career has been derailed by scandal; and Mother Morag, head of an order of nuns working with the city's poor.

    Sold in disgrace and shipped to India after a disappointing first season, the horse requires gentleness and careful handling - but soon becomes the firm favourite for the famous Viceroy Cup. Then, days before the race, Dark Invader disappears. When all seems lost, Mother Morag's sharp wits and gentle wisdom may just be their salvation. . .

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