# The Hustler

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- Book: [The Hustler](https://www.bookquiver.com/walter-tevis/the-hustler) ([The Hustler.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/walter-tevis/the-hustler.md))
- Authors: [Walter Tevis](https://www.bookquiver.com/walter-tevis)
- Publisher: W N
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7460-081-1
- Published: 2015-11-12
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

A classic hardboiled tale of a beautiful talent for life in smoky poolrooms 'A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance' TIME OUT 'This book sees the poetry of the pool game ... Fast Eddie's ascent up the ladder from pool shark to full-time hustler is the story of the will to power, told in cool fifties style' GUARDIAN Fast Eddie Felson has a reputation as a pool hustler to be feared, but his ambitions go far beyond taking small-town punks for a few bucks here and there. He has the talent to make big money, but he soon learns that it takes more than natural ability to become a real winner. He heads to Chicago to test himself against the legendary Minnesota Fats in more than forty-hours of high-stakes pool. Can he find the will to overcome his failings and fulfil his potential as the best there is?