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The Hustler : From the author of The Queen's Gambit – now a major Netflix drama, Paperback / softback Book

The Hustler : From the author of The Queen's Gambit – now a major Netflix drama Paperback / softback

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'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' GUARDIANFast 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

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