Cherry picker : a literate look at the joys of losing at the slots /
Shechner, Mark,author.
"Whoever said that winning is everything never played the slots. For millions of "cherry pickers," winning is closer to an unintended consequence than a goal, but good luck finding anyone who will admit to it. Enter Mark Shechner. An English professor, literature scholar, and lifetime slot-machine enthusiast, Shechner routinely escapes the intellectual milieu by taking cross-country jaunts in fast cars and becoming one with the hordes crowding Las Vegas and casinos throughout the world. Far from hiding his fondness for playing the one-armed bandits, the author celebrates his lifelong passion in this book--simultaneously ignoring the derision of journalists, sociologists, and do-gooders and rejoicing in the almost mystical attraction of gambling's most efficient and polarizing wagering device. Cherry Picker is an ode to suckers, pishers, senior citizens, and slot heads everywhere--chasers all of the blazing sevens, the double diamonds, the wild cherries. But it's more than that. Short on math and long on perspective, Cherry Picker is a meditation on the automobile, traveling, classic gambling literature, Buddhism, hallucinogens, the natural versus the synthetic, and Vegas as "Oz."--Back cover.
"Whoever said that winning is everything never played the slots. For millions of "cherry pickers," winning is closer to an unintended consequence than a goal, but good luck finding anyone who will admit to it. Enter Mark Shechner. An English professor, literature scholar, and lifetime slot-machine enthusiast, Shechner routinely escapes the intellectual milieu by taking cross-country jaunts in fast cars and becoming one with the hordes crowding Las Vegas and casinos throughout the world. Far from hiding his fondness for playing the one-armed bandits, the author celebrates his lifelong passion in this book--simultaneously ignoring the derision of journalists, sociologists, and do-gooders and rejoicing in the almost mystical attraction of gambling's most efficient and polarizing wagering device. Cherry Picker is an ode to suckers, pishers, senior citizens, and slot heads everywhere--chasers all of the blazing sevens, the double diamonds, the wild cherries. But it's more than that. Short on math and long on perspective, Cherry Picker is a meditation on the automobile, traveling, classic gambling literature, Buddhism, hallucinogens, the natural versus the synthetic, and Vegas as "Oz."--Back cover.
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