From the bestselling author of The Underground Railroad An NPR Best Book of the Year In 2011, Grantland magazine gave bestselling novelist Colson Whitehead $10,000 to play at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
The Noble Hustle by"Colson Whitehead"
From the bestselling author of The Underground Railroad An NPR Best Book of the Year In 2011, Grantland magazine gave bestselling novelist Colson Whitehead $10,000 to play at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. It was the assignment of a lifetime, except for one hitch--he'd never played in a casino tournament before. With just six weeks to train, our humble narrator took the Greyhound to Atlantic City to learn the ways of high-stakes Texas Hold'em. Poker culture, he discovered, is marked by joy, heartbreak, and grizzled veterans playing against teenage hotshots weaned on Internet gambling. Not to mention the not-to-be overlooked issue of coordinating Port Authority bus schedules with your kid's drop-off and pickup at school. Finally arriving in Vegas for the multimillion-dollar tournament, Whitehead brilliantly details his progress, both literal and existential, through the event's antes and turns, through its gritty moments of calculation, hope, and spectacle. Entertaining, ironic, and strangely profound, this epic search for meaning at the World Series of Poker is a sure bet.
The Noble Hustle
By:"Colson Whitehead"
Published on 2015-03-03 by Anchor Books
BOOKS ID : lwSPDQAAQBAJ
Ebook Title : The Noble Hustle
ETAG : Ku0KS3JXsc4
ISBN_13 Code : 9780345804334
ISBN_10 Code : 0345804333
Book Print Type : BOOK
Rank : 12 for keyword gambling podcast
Book Author :"Colson Whitehead"
Publisher : Anchor Books
Book Pages Count : 256
Print Type : BOOK
Book's Categories :"Biography & Autobiography"
Books Language : en
Text to Speech Access : ALLOWED_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY
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