Read 'Em and Weep: A Bedside Poker Companion
by Stravinsky, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060559586
- ISBN 13
- 9780060559588
- Seller
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Georgetown, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 1 x 9.2 x 6 Inches. 231 pages. More than 50 million Americans play poker. But poker is much more than a popular game. It is a world unto itself, populated by a multitude of colorful characters -- professionals and amateurs, hustlers and dreamers. From the rich field of all the writers who have ever loved the game, editor John Stravinsky has gathered thirty-nine best-of-breed short stories, essays, excerpts from novels, and poems: Mark Twain, John Updike, James Thurber, Nelson Algren, Martin Amis, and Billy Collins are among the winning hand of renowned writers in this collection who have mined their personal experiences at the poker table. Entertaining, enlightening, and essential, <I>Read 'Em and Weep</I> is a stacked deck of pure poker-reading pleasure. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Storbeck's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 602851
- Title
- Read 'Em and Weep: A Bedside Poker Companion
- Author
- Stravinsky, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060559586
- ISBN 13
- 9780060559588
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- FICTION, SHORT, ESSAYS, EXCERPTS, POEMS, POKER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Storbeck's
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Georgetown, Texas
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