3.29 AVERAGE


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A tale of a gambler who encounters a downward spiral of bad luck, losing the monies he embezzled from one of his clients. His luck changes after encountering a local prostitute who nurses him back to relative health, at which point the gambler is just itching to get back to the casino's and he promptly steals her money to do it with.
He returns to the casino's and finds he has the midas touch - or has he?
It is a story, dark and depressing about addiction to gambling, although the main character is hard to like, I did like the book.

danperlman's review

5.0

Fake English gentleman gambles his life away, drinks too much, does drugs, hallucinates a lot, cheats and steals, and somehow, the whole thing is brilliant.
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alexclare's review

3.0

When the main character cares so little about himself it is hard to care when reading about him.

beedoc's review

4.0

The man writes like a dream. I'd read anything written by him.