Description
In the spring of 2000, Harpers Magazine sent James McManus to Las Vegas to cover the World Series of Poker, in particular the progress of women in the million event, and the murder of Ted Binion, the tournaments 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 Harpers advance in a long-shot attempt to play in the tournament himself. This is his deliciously suspenseful account of the tournamentthe players, the hand-to-hand combat, his own unlikely progress in itand 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 mans effort to understand what Edward O. Wilson has called Pleistocene exigenciesthe eros and logistics of our competitive instincts.
Author: James McManus
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 03/01/2004
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.49w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780312422523
Language: English
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