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Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker

Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:James McManusPublish date:2004-03-01Pages:448
Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312422523ISBN-10:312422520UPC:9780312422523Book Category:Games & Activities, True Crime, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Card Games, Murder, Popular CultureBook Topic:PokerSize:8.35 x 5.49 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCZA8FQ8W5

In the spring of 2000, Harper's Magazine sent James McManus to Las Vegas to cover the World Series of Poker, in particular the progress of women in the $23 million event, and the murder of Ted Binion, the tournament's prodigal host, purportedly done in by a stripper and her boyfriend. But when McManus arrives, the lure of the tables compels him to risk his entire Harper's advance in a long-shot attempt to play in the tournament himself. This is his deliciously suspenseful account of the tournament--the players, the hand-to-hand combat, his own unlikely progress in it--and the delightfully seedy carnival atmosphere that surrounds it. Positively Fifth Street is a high-stakes adventure and a terrifying but often hilarious account of one man's effort to understand what Edward O. Wilson has called "Pleistocene exigencies"--the eros and logistics of our competitive instincts.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312422523ISBN-10:312422520UPC:9780312422523Book Category:Games & Activities, True Crime, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Card Games, Murder, Popular CultureBook Topic:PokerSize:8.35 x 5.49 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCZA8FQ8W5

James McManus is a novelist and poet, most recently winner of the Peter Lisagor Award for sports journalism. He teaches writing and comparative literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, including a course on the literature and science of poker.


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