Knockdown
By: by Dick Francis
Edition: 1st Ballantine Books ed.
Publisher: Fawcett Crest
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780449221136
Subjects: Horse racing; Fiction
Description: "He doesn't really want to do it, but ex-prizewinning jockey Jonah Dereham soon finds himself bidding for a young steeplechaser. The money he's spending belongs to Mrs. Kerry Sanders, a very wealthy American woman who wants the horse for the son of a special friend. Fine-for a generous commission, he'll buy the horse. What isn't fine is the crunch on the skull he gets after the auction. Unfortunately for his health, it is only the first in a series of abusive and downright illegal attacks that Jonah must survive before he ultimately figures out the real game that's afoot ..."--BOOK COVER.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, ℗♭1974.