Hustler

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. 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. �If Hemingway had the passion for pool that he had for bullfighting, his hero might have been Eddie Felson.��Time �A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance.��Time Out


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