"Tevis writes about pool with power and poetry and tension. . . . Grabs the reader and doesn't let go. You don't have to appreciate pool to like this book, to appreciate its sense of living on the edge." Washington Post
"Tevis has added some glamour, but the grit remains together with the suspense of a competition whose only literary counterpart is the gunfight of the Old West." Chicago Tribune
WALTER TEVIS is the author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Mockingbird, The Steps of the Sun, The Queen s Gambit, The Color of Money, and the short story collection Far from Home. The Man Who Fell to Earth was the basis for a major motion picture starring David Bowie. The Hustler and The Color of Money were also adapted for film, The Queen s Gambit was the basis of the Emmy Award winning Netflix series and The Man Who Fell to Earth is the basis of the Showtime series. Tevis died in 1984.
