The Hippodrome: A Novel - Hardcover

Colter, Cyrus

3.75

8 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804006253 ISBN 13: 9780804006255

Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr, 1973

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Set in a Chicago seething with physical and psychological violence, Cyrus Colter's The Hippodrome is an examination of power and exploitation and their entanglement with sexuality. The central character, Yeager, has murdered his wife and her white lover. Fleeing the police, he is both offered refuge and held captive in the Hippodrome, a ghetto house where a troupe of blacks stage sexual theater for white audiences. The murderer becomes a victim, the fugitive is caught in the spotlight. Colter's subtle treatment of sensational subject matter, and his careful delineation of his characters' conflicting motives, make The Hippodrome a classic of modern fiction.

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"Colter's humanity and compassion are an inspiration." --Sara Peretsky
"In the tradition of his fictional ancestors, Dostoevsky and Faulkner, [Colter] has produced a work which uses the world of everyday reality in a manner beyond the scope of journalism or sociology--as an entree to the soul." --James Park Sloan, Chicago Sun-Times
"This powerful writer should win the attention of every serious reader of fiction." --Saturday Review

About the Author:

Colter was a distinguished attorney and public servant when he took up writing in midlife.

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