Twenty-five years after Laughing in the Hills, his racetrack classic, Bill Barich tells the story of how he fell in love and found a new life in Dublin, where he was soon caught up in the Irish obsession with horses and luck. Barich travels his adopted country and meets the leading trainers and jockeys; the beleaguered bookies who work rain or shine; and a host of passionate, like-minded fans from Father Sean Breen, the Racing Priest, to T. P. Reilly, whose peculiar betting system turns on a horse s looks.
Witty, philosophical, and vividly written, A Fine Place to Daydream...