The Hustler
From the author of The Queen's Gambit – now a major Netflix drama
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Published:9th Jan '25
£9.99
This title is due to be published on 9th January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
'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 and 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?
A classic of American fiction and the inspiration for the legendary Paul Newman film, THE HUSTLER is a hardboiled tale of one man with a talent for life in smoky poolrooms.
A W&N Essential
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 *
ISBN: 9781399601474
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
256 pages