McGoorty : A Pool Room Hustler (Library of Larceny)

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“Pool hustler, hobo, alcoholic, ladies’ man, and tournament player . . . McGoorty was a Runyonesque character and a first-rate raconteur. The result is a memoir that should rack up many readers, even among those that don’t know a cue from a swizzle stick.” —Publishers Weekly

“At times funny, occasionally filthy, here and there exaggerated, but it’s an entertaining story of a guy who doesn’t try to pass himself off as any sort of giant at the table: just a fellow who loved the game.” —Willie Mosconi, nineteen-time World Straight Pool champion


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?Pool hustler, hobo, alcoholic, ladies? man, and tournament player . . . McGoorty was a Runyonesque character and a first-rate raconteur. The result is a memoir that should rack up many readers, even among those that don?t know a cue from a swizzle stick.? ?Publishers Weekly

?At times funny, occasionally filthy, here and there exaggerated, but it?s an entertaining story of a guy who doesn?t try to pass himself off as any sort of giant at the table: just a fellow who loved the game.? ?Willie Mosconi, nineteen-time World Straight Pool champion


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Fast-paced and gritty, McGoorty tells the story of Danny McGoorty, the infamous pool and billiards player. Ladies' man, bad boy, dandy, drinker, and hobo in the days before World War II, he skipped from town to town with his pool cue as a meal ticket. This is a raucous true tale from the sport's golden era, told by an authority on the game.


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