num_pages: 256
description: Poker is much more than just a popular game. It is a world unto itself, populated with a multitude of colorful professionals and amateurs, hustlers and dreamers. This royal flush of a collection brings together short stories, essays, poems, and excerpts from novels by a host of renowned writers -- from the Wild West to present day -- who have mined their personal experience of the game. Entertaining and enlightening, you'll want to ante up for Read 'Em and Weep . With pieces by ... Nelson AlgrenAndy BellinAnthony HoldenKaty LedererJames ThurberBarbara TuchmanBilly CollinsPete DexterMartin AmisDavid MametHerbert O. YardleyA. Alvarez ...And More
language: English
title: Read 'Em and Weep: A Bedside Poker Companion
titlecomplete: Read 'Em and Weep: A Bedside Poker Companion
ratings_count: 23
publisher: Harper Paperbacks