The Hustler - From the author of The Queen's Gambit - now a major Netflix drama

''A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance'' TIME OUT ''This book sees the poetry of the pool game . . . Fast Eddie''s ascent up the ladder from pool shark to full-time hustler is the story of the will to power, told in cool fifties style'' GUARDIAN Fast Eddie Felson has a reputation as a pool hustler to be feared, but his ambitions go far beyond taking small-town punks for a few bucks here and there. He has the talent to make big money, but he soon learns that it takes more than natural ability to become a real winner and heads to Chicago to test himself against the legendary Minnesota Fats in more than forty hours of high-stakes pool. Can he find the will to overcome his failings and fulfil his potential as the best there is? A classic of American fiction and the inspiration for the legendary Paul Newman film, THE HUSTLER is a hardboiled tale of one man with a talent for life in smoky poolrooms. A W&N Essential

Product details

• Authors: Walter Tevis
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 10.03.2023
• EAN: 9781399601474
• ISBN: 978-1-399-60147-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 22 mm
• Series: W&N Essentials
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, North America, FICTION / Noir, SPORTS & RECREATION / Pool, Billiards, Snooker, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, The Americas, North America (USA and Canada)