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The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky and Death
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The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky and Death Paperback - 2015

by Whitehead, Colson

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  • Title The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky and Death
  • Author Whitehead, Colson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Anchor Books
  • Date 2015-03
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 52YZZZ00GBNN_ns
  • ISBN 9780345804334 / 0345804333
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 1 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 2.54 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Poker, Gambling
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015302594
  • Dewey Decimal Code 795.412

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From the publisher

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys - "Whitehead proves a brilliant sociologist of the poker world." --The Boston Globe

In 2011, Grantland magazine gave bestselling novelist Colson Whitehead $10,000 to play at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. It was the assignment of a lifetime, except for one hitch--he'd never played in a casino tournament before. With just six weeks to train, our humble narrator took the Greyhound to Atlantic City to learn the ways of high-stakes Texas Hold'em.

Poker culture, he discovered, is marked by joy, heartbreak, and grizzled veterans playing against teenage hotshots weaned on Internet gambling. Not to mention the not-to-be overlooked issue of coordinating Port Authority bus schedules with your kid's drop-off and pickup at school. Finally arriving in Vegas for the multimillion-dollar tournament, Whitehead brilliantly details his progress, both literal and existential, through the event's antes and turns, through its gritty moments of calculation, hope, and spectacle. Entertaining, ironic, and strangely profound, this epic search for meaning at the World Series of Poker is a sure bet.

Look for Colson Whitehead's new novel, Crook Manifesto!

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  • New York Times Book Review, 04/05/2015, Page 28

About the author

COLSON WHITEHEAD is the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad. His other works include The Noble Hustle, Zone One, Sag Harbor, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, and one collection of essays, The Colossus of New York. A National Book Award winner and a recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City.