A review by attytheresa
Blind Your Ponies by Stanley Gordon West

5.0

Dusty Montana town 'where the blacktop goes to die', a high school basketball team with a 93 game losing streak...you know where this is going. While the plot is pure Hoosiers, Breaking Away, Miracle on Ice, the writing sucks you in and puts you there, in the town, at all the games, in the hearts of the quirky townspeople and the kids. A little on the long side - it's a first novel I think -- but really enjoyable. Title comes from an Crow Indian legend that's explained near the very beginning; don't be put off by it as it is just a metaphor for throwing your heart over the brink. The towns and locations mentioned all actually exist, as did the high school basketball team. I absolutely loved this!

I stumbled on this one from a list of best contemporary fiction set in Montana as I wanted to read a couple before my trip there in September. Definitely a winner and an author I'll read again. Also was able to slot this into 2018 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge as my book involving sports! SWISH!