God sends Sunday
Subtitle: a novel
By: Arna Bontemps.
Edition: 1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed.
Series: The Givens collection; Givens Collection (Series)
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: African American jockeys -- Fiction.; Self-destructive behavior -- Fiction.; Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.; Horse racing -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: God Sends Sunday was inspired by Arna Bontemps's great-uncle Buddy, whose down-home folk spirit animates this racy story of Little Augie, an irrepressible black jockey of the romantic 1890s. As a frail, undersized youngster, Little Augie leaves his grown sister's home and with luck and charm rises to fame and fortune on the Mississippi River racetrack circuit. But sudden wealth and hopeless rivalry for a beautiful woman change Little Augie's character and set him on a path of self-destruction.