Aldous "Gus" Cotton struggles to deal with his notorious father, Harry, who had achieved success as the jockey who rode the legendary Gold Cup winner Ampersand to victory but who now is more interested in carousing, brothels, gambling houses, alcohol, and all other forms of excess. By the author of Fairness.
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