Book Reviews
(Starred review.) The eternal tension between good luck and remorseless odds animates this loose-limbed jaunt through the world of high-stakes poker.... [A]n engrossing mix of casual yet astute reportage and hang-dog philosophizing showing us that verything still hangs on the turn of a card.
Publishers Weekly
The author's satirical descriptions and observations...and his interactions with the people who haunt the casinos there are only prolog for the grand finale of the Leisure-Industrial Complex (LIC) of Vegas. Verdict: Entertaining and absorbing. —Mark Manivong, Lib. of Congress, Washington, DC
Library Journal
As a novelist of considerable range, Whitehead consistently writes about more than he’s ostensibly writing about,... here writing a poker book that should strike a responsive literary chord with some who know nothing about [poker].... A minor work by a major novelist, a busman’s holiday, but engaging in its color and character.
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