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Title: Boleto
Author: Alyson Hagy
Narrator: Jeremy Arthur
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-31-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
An unforgettable story of men and horses, the American West, and the dream of a ticket out
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.
Members Reviews:
When sad makes me happy
I know from reading Alyson Hagy in the past--following her developing career, in fact--that her books are not to be missed. Fundamentally, she's a poet who writes novels: her thoughtful, penetrating, crystalline images are to be savored. This is not a book to rush through, looking for a thrill, with an eye on The Plot. There is a plot (what a plodding word that is), and a forward momentum to the story, but the deepest rewards for the reader are moment by moment, as Will moves through his days and his memories, listening to his conscience and his heart. This is where the thrills lie, quiet thrills born of Haggy's perfect concision. I didn't recognize, until well after I'd finished the book, how much Will Testerman's name reveals about him: the man he will test is himself. His story resolves, unfolds and comes into focus, in its final moments, with heart-breaking grace and beauty--making the book a fine and rare example of a sad story that is nourishing, satisfying, and complete--a tragic tale that makes me very happy as a reader.
Glorious novel, pass it by at your readerly peril
There are two issues that, depending on the reader's veiwpoint, could cloud the book:
1) the horse thing. Yes, there are horses in this novel and they are mighty important. So, does that make this a "horse book?" If I say yae, then hoards of folk won't read it. If I say nae, then horse folk won't read it. And you'd all be up the creek without a paddle because you will have missed a glorious novel that defies labels such as "horsey" or "about the West."
2) Right here, folks, we've got a woman writer writing about a horny young man who finds his pleasure where he wil(l) (ahem). Yeehaw, I say. Hagy is spectacularly fine. This is the stuff of veritas.
That aside, this story is set in Wyoming, moving on to Sourthern California, with excerpts tackling back to Texas. Our hero (and he's a hero, he ain't no protagonist) is named Will and he has, in fact, will aplenty but that's not always a good thing for him (although it works nicely for readers). Will is a horseman looking for a wider horizon and we are privileged to follow in his wake.
He's also a young man with a wee bit of understated swagger (gal bait) who, through blunders, has a willingness to seek a righteous path. And, yes, he does love his horses and you will, too.
The writing is, well, upliftingly finest kind.
