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Can I read Something for the Pain : a Memoir of the Turf on EtoBox?
Something for the Pain : a Memoir of the Turf by Murnane, Gerald, 1939- author is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Something for the Pain : a Memoir of the Turf about?
Winner, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, 2016 As a boy, Gerald Murnane became obsessed with horse racing. He had never ridden a horse, nor seen a race. Yet he was fascinated by photos of horse races in the Sporting Globe, and by the incantation of horses' names in radio broadcasts of races. Murnane discovered in these races more than he could find in religion or philosophy: they were the gateway to a world of imagination. Gerald Murnane is like no other writer, and Something f
Who reads Something for the Pain : a Memoir of the Turf?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Murnane, Gerald, 1939- author
- Publisher
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: The Text Publishing Company
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781922253187
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Agriculture, Memoir, History
- Rating
- 3.78 / 5 (23 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14