The Noble Hustle

Release on 2014-05-06 | by Colson Whitehead

Author: Colson Whitehead
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9780385537063
Category: Humor
Page: 256
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The Noble Hustle

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys In 2011, Grantland magazine gave bestselling novelist Colson Whitehead $10,000 to play at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. It was the assignment of a lifetime, except for one hitch—he’d never played in a casino tournament before. With just six weeks to train, our humble narrator took the Greyhound to Atlantic City to learn the ways of high-stakes Texas Hold’em. Poker culture, he discovered, is marked by joy, heartbreak, and grizzled veterans playing against teenage hotshots weaned on Internet gambling. Not to mention the not-to-be overlooked issue of coordinating Port Authority bus schedules with your kid’s drop-off and pickup at school. Finally arriving in Vegas for the multimillion-dollar tournament, Whitehead brilliantly details his progress, both literal and existential, through the event’s antes and turns, through its gritty moments of calculation, hope, and spectacle. Entertaining, ironic, and strangely profound, this epic search for meaning at the World Series of Poker is a sure bet. An NPR Best Book of the Year Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Harlem Shuffle, coming this September!

Language: en
Pages: 256

The Noble Hustle

Authors: Colson Whitehead

Categories: Humor

Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-06 - Publisher: Anchor

Language: en
Pages:

The Horseman Hustle

Authors: Robert Collins

Categories: Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-03-19 - Publisher: Robert Collins

Luya is a former robber turned agent of her King. Horsemen from the eastern plains have raided the kingdom. Rumors are that other lands have made bargains with the horsemen to slow the raids. Luya is tasked with making a bargain to spare her homeland. She’s going to need all

Language: en
Pages: 196

Conversations with Colson Whitehead

Authors: Derek C. Maus

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-12 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Since the publication of his first novel, The Intuitionist, in 1999, Colson Whitehead (b. 1969) has been considered an important new voice in American literature. His seven subsequent books have done little to contradict that initial assessment, especially after 2016’s The Underground Railroad spent many weeks at the top of

Language: en
Pages: 320

The Underground Railroad

Authors: Colson Whitehead

Categories: Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-02 - Publisher: Hachette UK

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2016 AMAZON.COM #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Whitehead