A review by blevins
La ballata di un piccolo giocatore by Lawrence Osborne

3.0

Want to read about a degenerate gambler who is hell bent on throwing away everything he owns by playing card games in assorted casinos in Macau? Here you go, Lawrence Osborne has written the book for you. There is a never ending, always looming feeling of doom in the pages of this one and even though it isn't long, I was exhausted by its end. Card games, wagers, the high of winning vast sums, the compulsion to risk everything for more winnings and the eventual epic flame out losses--the lesson that degenerate gamblers can never, ever comprehend is that the house always wins. Always.