Book
The noble hustle : poker, beef jerky and death
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Doubleday, 2014.
Physical Description
234 pages ; 20 cm
Summary
"Take one literary genius, add $10,000 and a seat at the World Series of Poker, and stir. On one level, Colson Whitehead's THE NOBLE HUSTLE is a familiar species of participatory journalism--a longtime neighborhood poker player, Colson was given a $10,000 stake and an assignment from the online ESPN offshoot Grantland to see how far he could get in the World Series of Poker. But since it stems from the mind of Colson Whitehead, the book is a portrayal of--yes, it sounds overblown and ridiculous, but really!--the human condition"--