Something for the PainAs a boy, Gerald Murnane became obsessed with horse racing. He had never ridden a horse, nor seen a race. Yet he was fascinated by photos of horse races in the Sporting Globe, and by the incantation of horses' names in radio broadcasts of races. Murnane discovered in these races more than he could find in religion or philosophythey were the gateway to a world of imagination. Gerald Murnane is like no other writer, and Something for the Pain is like no