The Biggest Game in Town by A Alvarez
Al Alvarez touched down in Las Vegas one hot day in 1981, a dedicated amateur poker player but a stranger to the town and its crazy ways. For three mesmerizing weeks he witnessed some of the monster high-stakes games that could only have happened in Vegas and talked to the extraordinary characters who dominated them--road gamblers and local professionals who won and lost fortunes on a regular basis.
Set over the course of one tournament, The Biggest Game in Town is botha chronicle of the World Series of Poker--the first ever written--and a portrait of the hustlers, madmen, and geniuses who ruled the high-stakes game in America. It is a brilliant insight into poker's appeal as a hobby, an addiction, and a way of life, and into the skewed psychology of master players and fearless gamblers. With a new introduction by the author, Alvarez's classic account is the greatest dissection of high-stakes Vegas poker and the madness that surrounds it ever written (TimeOut UK]).
A. Alvarez is the author of the recently
acclaimed Where Did It All Go Right: A Memoir as well as the classic The Savage God: A Study
of Suicide, The Biggest Game in Town and
several other works. His work has long appeared
in The New Yorker, The New York Review
of Books, and The Observer.
Clint Willis is the series editor of Adrenaline
books. His twelve anthologies for the series include Adrenaline 2000: The Year's Best Stories
of Adventure and Survival; Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks; High:
Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 and Climb: Stories of Survival from Rock, Snow and Ice. He lives in Cape Elizabeth, ME.
acclaimed Where Did It All Go Right: A Memoir as well as the classic The Savage God: A Study
of Suicide, The Biggest Game in Town and
several other works. His work has long appeared
in The New Yorker, The New York Review
of Books, and The Observer.
Clint Willis is the series editor of Adrenaline
books. His twelve anthologies for the series include Adrenaline 2000: The Year's Best Stories
of Adventure and Survival; Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks; High:
Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 and Climb: Stories of Survival from Rock, Snow and Ice. He lives in Cape Elizabeth, ME.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780811834346 |
| ISBN 10 | 0811834344 |
| Title | The Biggest Game in Town |
| Author | A Alvarez |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Chronicle Books |
| Year published | 1996-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |