Tropical Downs: A Novel of Peril and Misadventures in Search of the Elusive Automatic Bet
It's wonderful! Maybe because Mark Cramer has actually lived there that when he places his horseplaying protagonist Matt Bosch in Bolivia--where no racetrack exits--the prolific author's many followers can be sure the exotic landscape will become not only a fabulous plot device but also a frontier of discovery for all of us. Once into the shenanigans, horseplayers will relish Cramer's clever juxtaposition of the familiar (Saratoga)and unknown (La Paz), and of the real-world handicapper deluxe Nick Kling and the creepy railbird characters Panama Slim and Manuel Arce. The fiction is fun and Cramer swears the handicapping art that runs throughout the novel happened exactly as presented. --James Quinn