Authors:Geno Zanetti, Stephen Hyde,
Publisher: Running Press
Keywords: scam, artists, gamblers, hustlers, con, men, players
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2002-12-31
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1560253800
ISBN-13: 9781560253808
Once I hear the clatter of chips I almost go into convulsions," said Dostoyevsky, while Anatole France wrote, "The gambler is driven by the fascination of danger at the bottom of all great passions." The characters the reader meets in Playerschess grand masters, poolroom hustlers, or street-hardened practitioners of the short conare all alike propelled by the ecstasy of risk. "The stake is money," France wrote, "in other words, immediate, infinite possibilities." In fact, as the reader hooks up with David Mamet in the poker room and meets Damon Runyons Bookie Bob, Saul Bellows immortal Yel
Author: Graeme Hunt
Publisher: Reed Publishing (NZ)
Keywords: mischief, new, zealand, collar, boys, rogues, amp, bubble, hustlers
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 2001
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0790008211
ISBN-13: 9780790008219
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