The Hustler

Современная русская и зарубежная проза

Автор: Тевис Уолтер

Серия: Fast Eddie Felson #1

Язык: английский

Год: 2014

Издатель: RosettaBooks

ISBN: 978-0-7953-4298-1

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Аннотация

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.
When it was first published in 1959, The Hustler was the first—and the best—novel 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.