The bookmaker
Subtitle: a memoir of money, luck, and family from the utopian outskirts of New York City
By: Michael J. Agovino.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780061151392
Subjects: Agovino, Michael J; Agovino, Michael J. -- Family; Compulsive gamblers -- Family relationships; Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography; Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: Powerful memoir of Agovino's family's struggle for success in 1970s, 80s, and 90s New York City-- and his father's gambling, which brought them to exhilarating highs and crushing lows.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.