The Hustler (Abacus Books) download epub
by Walter Tevis
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The Hustler is a 1959 novel by American writer Walter Tevis. It tells the story of a young pool hustler, Edward "Fast Eddie" Felson, who challenges the legendary Minnesota Fats. The Hustler was adapted into a 1961 film of the same title, starring Paul Newman as Fast Eddie and Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats. The film was a critical and commercial success and was nominated for multiple Academy Awards. It remains widely regarded as a classic.
Walter Tevis’ The Hustler was an instant classic. The book never takes that step and also leaves it ambiguous as to whether Eddie will ever play high-stakes pool again whereas the movie makes his choice very clear
Walter Tevis’ The Hustler was an instant classic. It received critical acclaim at it’s publication and of course being made into a movie. The book never takes that step and also leaves it ambiguous as to whether Eddie will ever play high-stakes pool again whereas the movie makes his choice very clear. A lot of the book's dialogue was reproduced word-for-word in the movie and Bert is less sinister in the book than he is in the movie.
Paul Newman shines as cocky poolroom hustler "Fast" Eddie Felson in Robert Rossen's atmospheric adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel. Newman's Felson is a swaggering pool shark punk who takes on the king of the poolroom, Minnesota Fats (a cool, assured Jackie Gleason in his most understated performance).
The book quickly won a respected readership and later an audience for the movie with the same name starring .
The book quickly won a respected readership and later an audience for the movie with the same name starring Paul Newman and Jackie "A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance. -Time Out. When it was first published in 1959, The Hustler was the first-and the best-novel written about billiards in the 400-year history of the game. Otherwise, I loved The Hustler - Walter Tevis does it again! Tevis worked briefly in a pool hall and he really captures the atmosphere of those places where he must’ve seen real life Eddie Felsons come through and hustle the locals.
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If Hemingway had the passion for pool that he had for bullfighting, his hero might have been Eddie Felson (Time). The novel that inspired the classic film starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason, The Hustler tells the story of Fast Eddie Felson, a young pool player who hustles suckers in small towns, looking for stake money so he can reach his goal: a marathon match in Chicago against Minnesota Fats
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Tevis is a wonderful writer and this is one book that you can enjoy and learn from both have the best of both; read the book AN. .
Tevis is a wonderful writer and this is one book that you can enjoy and learn from both have the best of both; read the book AND see the movie. Underappreciated work of literature. Published by Thriftbooks. com User, 20 years ago.
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ISBN: 0349101493
Category: Literature & Fiction
Subcategory: Contemporary
Language: English
Publisher: ABACUS BOOKS (SPHERE); First Edition edition (1990)
Pages: 192 pages
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