The Hustler Walter Tevis

Name: The Hustler By Walter Tevis
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The Hustler by Walter Tevis

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Summary

The inspiration for the legendary Paul Newman film, THE HUSTLER is a hardboiled tale of a beautiful talent for life in smoky poolrooms.
'The story of the will to power, told in cool fifties style' GUARDIAN

The Hustler Summary

The Hustler: From the author of The Queen's Gambit - now a major Netflix drama by Walter Tevis

A classic hardboiled tale of a beautiful talent for life in smoky poolrooms

'A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance' TIME OUT

'This book sees the poetry of the pool game ... Fast Eddie's ascent up the ladder from pool shark to full-time hustler is the story of the will to power, told in cool fifties style' GUARDIAN

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 potential as the best there is?

The Hustler Reviews

This book sees the poetry of the pool game . . . Fast Eddie's ascent up the ladder from pool shark to full-time hustler is the story of the will to power, told in cool fifties style * GUARDIAN *
If Hemingway had the passion for pool that he had for bullfighting, his hero might have been Eddie Felson * TIME *
A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance * TIME OUT *
A fine, swift, wanton, offbeat novel * THE NEW YORK TIMES *
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 *

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 adapted into multiple award-winning films starring Paul Newman. Among his other works, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1963) and MOCKINGBIRD (1980) are considered masterpieces of science fiction. Tevis died in 1984.

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GOR008453069

ISBN 13

9781474600804

ISBN 10

1474600808

Title

The Hustler: From the author of The Queen's Gambit - now a major Netflix drama by Walter Tevis

Author

Walter Tevis

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Year published

20151112

Number of pages

224

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