The Hustler by Walter Tevis

The Hustler by Walter Tevis

When it was first published in 1959, The Hustler was the firstand the bestnovel written about billiards in the 400-year history of the game. The book quickly won a respected readership and later an audience for the movie with the same name starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. The Hustler is about the victories and losses of one Fast Eddie Felson, a poolroom hustler who travels from town to town conning strangers into thinking they could beat him at the game when in fact, he is a skillful player who has never lost a game. Until he meets his match in Minnesota Fats, the true king of the poolroom, causing his life to change drastically. This is a classic tale of a man's struggle with his soul and his self-esteem. If Hemingway had the passion for pool that he had for bullfighting, his hero might have been Eddie Felson. Time A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance. Time Out

Walter Tevis was an English literature professor at the University of Ohio who is most known for three of his books, The Man Who Came to Earth, The Hustler, and The Color of Money, all of which were adapted into blockbuster films. He also wrote The Steps of the Sun, which was published just before his death in 1984.

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ISBN 13	9780593467503
ISBN 10	0593467507
Title	The Hustler
Author	Walter Tevis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2022-01-18
Number of pages	240
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