num_pages: 223
description: The Broadway Books Library of LarcenyLuc Sante, General EditorMcGoorty is master billiards writer Robert Byrne’s racy account of the life of Danny McGoorty, a billiards champion of that bygone era when cue artists were often scam artists and pool rooms were held to be dens of iniquity. Hustler and hobo, womanizer and fashion plate, McGoorty was at once eyewitness to Capone’s Chicago and the feats of greats like Willie Hoppe and Willie Mosconi. In an all-American voice at once sarcastic, profane, humorous, and chock full of colorful lingo, he relates his colorful and seedy life and times with a unique style and brio.
language: English
title: McGoorty the Story of a Billiard Bum
titlecomplete: McGoorty the Story of a Billiard Bum
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 61
publisher: Lyle Stuart