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The Hustler
Walter Tevis
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Description for The Hustler
Paperback. The inspiration for the legendary Paul Newman film, THE HUSTLER is a hardboiled tale of a beautiful talent for life in smoky poolrooms. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
A classic hardboiled tale of a beautiful talent for life in smoky poolrooms Fast Eddie Felson has a reputation as a pool hustler to be feared, but his ambitions go far beyond taking small-town punks for a few bucks here and there. He has the talent to make big money, but he soon learns that it takes more than natural ability to become a real winner. He heads to Chicago to test himself against the legendary Minnesota Fats in more than forty-hours of high-stakes pool. Can he find the will to overcome his failings and fulfil his ... Read more
A classic hardboiled tale of a beautiful talent for life in smoky poolrooms Fast Eddie Felson has a reputation as a pool hustler to be feared, but his ambitions go far beyond taking small-town punks for a few bucks here and there. He has the talent to make big money, but he soon learns that it takes more than natural ability to become a real winner. He heads to Chicago to test himself against the legendary Minnesota Fats in more than forty-hours of high-stakes pool. Can he find the will to overcome his failings and fulfil his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474600804
SKU
V9781474600804
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About Walter Tevis
Walter Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. Whilst a student at the University of Kentucky, Tevis worked in a pool hall and published a story about the game for an English class. He would later revisit his love for pool in the novels THE HUSTLER (1959) and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1984), both of which would be ... Read more
Reviews for The Hustler
Tevis writes a stark, cut-down prose that admirably suits his tale of people who live on the edge of desperation in fifties Chicago
IRISH TIMES
A fine, swift, wanton, offbeat novel
THE NEW YORK TIMES
A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance
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IRISH TIMES
A fine, swift, wanton, offbeat novel
THE NEW YORK TIMES
A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance
TIME OUT
... Read more