The Dark Horse

By Rumer Godden

Book Overview

The disappearance of a majestic Thoroughbred unites a community in 1930s India in "one of the greatest horse books ever written. . . . Moving, and highly original" (Lauren St. John, author of The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670256641
• ISBN13: 9780670256648
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Dark Horse

East meets west in Calcutta in this wonderful novel. A race horse owned by a mysterious businessman hoping to become a steward in the Jockey Club ends up at the convent of the Sisters of Charity. The savvy nuns, broad-minded like Mother Teresa, make a bargain and change a heart. Wonderful characters such as Ted Mullins the jockey with a devoutly Methodist soul adapting to India. Godden's best book in my mind!