Is there any greater thrill than staring down your opponent across the poker table, waiting for the card that will make or break your hand? Acclaimed YA novelist Pete Hautman would know--he's been a poker fanatic for thirty years. And with poker now an international TV phenomenon, the time seems right for an anthology about this most exciting game. From a contest that pits a hapless teen against his girlfriend's redneck family, to a midnight game with the Devil, to an Internet poker scheme gone horribly wrong, the stories ...
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Is there any greater thrill than staring down your opponent across the poker table, waiting for the card that will make or break your hand? Acclaimed YA novelist Pete Hautman would know--he's been a poker fanatic for thirty years. And with poker now an international TV phenomenon, the time seems right for an anthology about this most exciting game. From a contest that pits a hapless teen against his girlfriend's redneck family, to a midnight game with the Devil, to an Internet poker scheme gone horribly wrong, the stories here brilliantly reveal how poker can both irrevocably affect and eerily imitate teenage life.
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Seller's Description:
Like New. Signed Copy Collectible-Like New. Like New dust jacket. Signed by contributing authors Gary Phillips and Bill Fitzhugh on title page. In protective mylar cover. (short stories, poker)
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Good in Fine jacket. 2007. First edition. 161 pages. Signed by Bill Fitzhugh and Gary Phillips. Boards fine. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket covered by archival Mylar, fine. Interior bright, unmarked.
