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A review by mandym
The Ballad of a Small Player by Lawrence Osborne
3.0
I received this book via the goodreads first reads program - thank you.
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.
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.