The Hustler

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 *

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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