Greatest Gambling Stories Ever Told Thirty-One Unforgettable Tales of Risk and Reward

Whether your vice be a tame 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, chances are that you, at one time or another, have gambled on something. And nowhere is man's fascination with gambling more clearly evident than in the massive profits amassed each year by illegal bookmakers and the lavish casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. In The Greatest Gambling Stories Ever Told, editor Paul Lyons has compiled thirty-one of the finest writings, both fact and realistic fiction, ever penned about our collective gambling vice, which has been a part of our history and culture since biblical times.With contributions from: Fyodor Dostoevsky, David Mamet, and Charles Bukowski as well as some rare lesser-known gems of the genre from Dan McGoorty, Michael Konik, and Jane Smiley, The Greatest Gambling Stories Ever told is an entertaining and enlightening collection sure to appeal to anyone who has ever picked up a cue, cards, dice, or racing form, and to anyone out there looking to feel a little bit of the "juice."(56 1/4 x 9 1/4, 414 pages)Paul Lyons, the editor of The Quotable Gambler, was raised in New York City, and received his early gambling training at Guys and Dolls Billiards -recalled in his novel Table Legs. He received a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and now teaches English at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.Lyons, Paul is the author of 'Greatest Gambling Stories Ever Told Thirty-One Unforgettable Tales of Risk and Reward' with ISBN 9781585745135 and ISBN 1585745138.