The Biggest Game in Town - Softcover

Alvarez, A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811834344 ISBN 13: 9780811834346

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2002

Synopsis

Called "the best book ever written on poker" by players and critics alike, The Biggest Game in Town is a sought-after classic that s finally available in print again. Acclaimed author A. Alvarez delves into the seedy, obsessive world of high-stakes Vegas poker, where "the next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing." Uncovering an exotic underground rich in ambiance and eccentricity, The Biggest Game in Town is "a magnificent book " (San Francisco Chronicle), a real one of a kind.

About this title

About the Author:

A. Alvarez is the author of numerous books and anthologies -- of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and criticism. He is also a contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books and perhaps the only published poet ever to participate in the World Series of Poker. His book about the series, The Biggest Game in Town , has become a cult classic. He lives in London.

Review:

'A cool, precise, sharply witty, vivid evocation of a place and people, their appearances, behaviour and speech..Mr Alvarez is a shrewd analyst of the psychology of gamblers and a cleverly selective recorder of their bizarre talk with which, directly and indirectly, they reveal their secure grasp of unreality and their insane courage' Sunday Telegraph; 'It will have most readers sitting on the edge of their seats' Sunday Times; 'A new classic on gambling...it's quite brilliant' Time Out; 'This is a magnificent book. Beyond the straights and full houses, Alvarez has written about people who are extremely good at what they do, and about America' San Francisco Chronicle

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0811834344
• ISBN 13: 9780811834346
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188