"There's a line that runs alongside our ordinary lives, just
beyond the grind of things. Jason Beem's novel Southbound derails
your ordinary life and shoots you into the thrill, rush, and dark
brutal truths of gambling and racing. And he doesn't flinch. A
glorious and visceral book. I sweat reading it."-Lidia Yuknavitch,
author of The Chronology of Water and Dora: A Headcase.
Based on author Jason Beem's own painful journey with a gambling
addiction, Southbound follows Ryan McGuire, a horse racing
announcer who faces his gambling demons on a daily basis. Just one
bet could cost him everything...his job, his friends, his fans, his
girlfriend, and even his own life. Despite knowing that all he
loves is on the line, he succumbs to his vices and his life quickly
spirals out of control. He's on a straight path southbound to rock
bottom and only he has the power to stop it.
"A gritty fearless portrayal of a man in the midst of a gambling
breakdown. A relapse to end all relapses. It's as horrifying as it
is intense and written with a lean sharp eye."--Willy Vlautin,
author of The Free and The Motel Life
"Jason Beem's Southbound begins with the drama of a close horse
race - and it never lets up from there. Beem has written a smart,
perceptive novel - one that is about the difficulties of addiction
and recovery - but also about the yearning for love, and the ways
people fill the vacancies in their lives. It's saturated with the
sensory joys of the race track, and a pleasure to read." -Pauls
Toutonghi, Pushcart Prize winning author of Evel Knievel Days and
Red Weather
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