Publisher's Synopsis
Whether your vice is a simple game of bingo or a visit to the local horse track, a friendly game of poker with friends or a tense match of billiards in a smoky parlor, Vegas casino table games or a trip to the nearest sportsbook, chances are that you, at one time or another, have gambled on something. And nowhere is our fascination with gambling more clearly evident than in the massive profits amassed each year by illegal bookmakers and the lavish casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and abroad.
InThe Best Gambling Stories Ever Told, editor Paul Lyons has compiled thirty-one of the greatest writings, both fact and realistic fiction, ever penned about our collective gambling vice, which has been a part of our history and culture since ancient times. Among the writers included are:
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- David Mamet
- Charles Bukowski
- Dan McGoorty
- Michael Konik
- Jane Smiley
The Best Gambling Stories Ever Toldis an entertaining and enlightening collection sure to appeal to anyone who has ever picked up a cue, cards, dice, or a racing form, and to anyone out there looking to feel a little bit of “juice.”
