Read 'Em and Weep: A Bedside Poker Companion
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ISBN: 0060559594 / Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, March 2005
Collects short fiction, essays, novel excerpts, and poems, offering a glimpse inside the world of high-stakes poker and featuring contributions by Mark Twain, Damon Runyon, John Updike, James Thurber, Nelson Algren, and Martin Amis.
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Poker is much more than just a popular game. It is a world unto itself, populated with a multitude of colorful characters: professionals and amateurs, hustlers and dreamers. This royal flush of a collection brings together short stories, essays, poems, and excerpts from novels by a host of renowned writers -- from the Wild West to present day -- who have mined their personal experience of the game. Entertaining and enlightening, you'll want to ante up for Read 'Em and Weep.With pieces by ...Nelson AlgrenAndy BellinAnthony HoldenKaty LedererJames ThurberBarbara Tuchman Billy CollinsPete DexterMartin AmisDavid MametHerbert O. YardleyA. Alvarez...And More
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