The Color of Money - Couverture souple

Tevis, Walter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1560254858 ISBN 13 : 9781560254850

Editeur : Carroll & Graf, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Tevis Walter

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"Tevis in unequaled when it comes to creating and sustaining the tension of a high stakes game. Even readers who have never lifted a cue will be captivated."--Publishers Weekly

Twenty years after he conquered the underground pool circuit as The Hustler, "Fast" Eddie Felson is playing exhibition matches with former rival Minnesota Fats in shopping malls for prizes like cable television.With one failed marriage and years of running a pool hall behind him, Eddie is now ready to regain the skills needed to compete in a world of pool that has changed dramatically since he left. The real challenge comes when Eddie realizes that in order to compete with a new wave of young players, he must hone his skills in the unfamiliar game of nine-ball as opposed to the straight pool that had once won him fame. With a new generation of competitors, a higher-profile series of matches, and a waning confidence in his own abilities, "Fast" Eddie faces new challenges with unpredictable outcomes. The Color of Money is the source of the 1986 film starring Paul Newman in the role he had originated in The Hustler.

Revue de presse :

Tevis writes about pool with power and poetry and tension. From the opening scene of this fine book, the reunion between Eddie and Fats 20 years after, the staccato beat of the prose and finely drawn characters grab the reader and don't let go. You don't have to like pool to like this book, to appreciate its sense of living on the edge (WASHINGTON POST)

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 on THE HUSTLER)

If Hemingway had the passion for pool that he had for bullfighting, his hero might have been Eddie Felson (TIME on THE HUSTLER)

A fine, swift, wanton, offbeat novel (THE NEW YORK TIMES on THE HUSTLER)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Carroll & Graf
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1560254858
• ISBN 13: 9781560254850
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 301