Horse

The story of Lexington—the greatest American racehorse of the nineteenth century—is told across three interwoven timelines: the 1850s, when Lexington was trained and raced; 1954, when a young Black painter in Harlem discovers a Lexington portrait; and the present day, when a Smithsonian art historian and a Nigerian-Australian scientist cross paths. A novel about race, ownership, genius, and what gets remembered.