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Like Nancy Dowd's script for Slap Shot, Casey's Shadow continually proves that men do not have a monopoly on first-rate sports reportage. Writer Carol Sobieski, working loosely from a story by John McPhee, takes a cynical attitude toward her characters' obsession with winning, and she leavens her familiar narrative with gritty bits of lore from the backwaters of quarter-horse racing. She accurately re-creates the arduous rituals of training, the sweaty romance of jockeying and the cracker-barrel humor of the eccentrics who build their entire lives around long shots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Horse Sense | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

Coming into the Country, John McPhee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...Coming into the Country, McPhee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...Coming into theCountry, John McPhee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

...Coming into the Country, McPhee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

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