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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 794.72092
EAN num: 9780380729234
ISBN number: 0380729237
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: April 01, 1997
Publishing house: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: April 01, 1997
Sale Popularity Level: 208911
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At the age of 17, David McCumber was stricken with 'road fever' that irresistible call to the itinerant life of a professional gambler. Twenty-two years later, he got the chance to follow that dream-not as a player but as the 'stakehorse' (financial backer) for Tony Annigoni, a non-smoking, macrobiotic-eating 'Renaissance Pool Hustler,' student of Eastern religion, and master of the pure green-felt poetry of the dead stroke.' With $27,000 in David's pocket they took off together on an astonishing four-month odyssey across America-traveling from seedy, hole-in-the-wall billiard parlors to high-class snooker rooms to high-tension pro tourneys, from Seattle to Miami and back again-exploring a shady twilight subculture and uniquely American mythos, in search of serious money, local glory...and the perfect hustle.
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Having found this book in a WSJ review on the top 5 gambling books, I elected to order. I had spent two high school years in "small town america" in the 60's, where one of the major local activities was "Drew's pool hall". Looking back, I see alot of similarities in McCumber's book. The "stale cigar smoke, the stale aspirations of old men,the rebellious 8th graders slouched eating slim jims"....and the 9 ball table at the front near the bar where all the real action was.
What other game gives you colorfull names like Bucktooth (the "Tooth"), Kamikazie Bob, Waterdog, among many others?
McCumber takes us on a whirlwind tour of the U.S. and Canada with one pool player (hustler?) and one money staker, McCumber himself. The locations and pool games are timeless and one has to wonder if this tradition continues today.
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A bit draggy at very first but its well worth sticking with for all the action later. As hilarious as the betting is outragious its an eye opening experience for the non-gambler.
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Very enjoyable read. Well-written, moves along, lots of good humour mixed with a longing for the glory days of the great pool rooms and the legendary hustlers, some of whom make appearances here.
Certainly one of the great pool books but not as amusing as Fat's autobiography, which is so funny it's in a league of its own.
Still, McCumber has some great moments, and this is well worth the time if you've ever thought you knew how to shoot some pool.
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This was a blast to read, very difficult to put down.
I laughed out loud, I felt I was traveling right there with them-- a very cool book I highly recommend.
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If you like to see inside the pool hustle scene this book will take you there, Has it's share of humour and some parts that are eye opening. I really enjoyed this book and recommend it. Some of the characters will stay with you and when you're in a pool room you will pick them out of the crowd. I think anyone who loves this game would like to go on the road and win big money. David Mccumber does a good job of fulfilling that fantasy.
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