The Charlatan

by William Dean Hamilton

This comedy of manners set among the rich and against the background of thoroughbred racing recounts the dilemma of Edgar Barnes, whose dissipated dragon of a wife is recalled from the brink of death when her colt wins the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness

236 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Author of 7 books and over 1,000 short stories, articles and poems published in magazines, literary journals and the Internet.

Reviews

[Lexi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Predicatble and boring, but occassionally witty. I hung on hoping for something more interesting but it never got there.