![]() It's saturated with the sensory joys of the race track, and a pleasure to read. 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 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. 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. Despite knowing that all he loves is on the line, he succumbs to his vices and his life quickly spirals out of control. Just one bet could cost him everything.his job, his friends, his fans, his girlfriend, and even his own life. JASON CROWNER, BALTIMORE, MD JUAN PABLO MORENO, SANTIAGO, CHILE MELANIE. 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. Name: Melanie S Beem, Phone number: (503) 697-0642, State: OR, City: Lake Oswego. I sweat reading it."-Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water and Dora: A Headcase. Jason Beem's novel Southbound derails your ordinary life and shoots you into the thrill, rush, and dark brutal truths of gambling and racing. "There's a line that runs alongside our ordinary lives, just beyond the grind of things.
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