“I heard that before about a lot of second-rate hustlers.” “Sure. “Guys who seen him play say he’s the best there is.” “I heard that before,” says his companion. They say he’s got talent,” says one player in Bennington’s pool hall in Chicago. The Hustler (1959) introduces Eddie Felson (‘Fast Eddie’), a pool hustler whose reputation precedes – and possibly exceeds – him. That leaves The Steps of the Sun, about which I know less than nothing.) A friend cites another, Mockingbird, as a favourite in her home. Which Tevis to read next? He wrote just five novels, three reissued here. Both have been reissued this month, along with Tevis’s last novel The Queen’s Gambit, to submit to the test of literary longevity too. Walter Tevis’s first two books, The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth, are best remembered for the films they inspired. It's about guts and stamina, and, above all, character.Penguin’s Modern Classics imprint has often delved into popular and genre fiction for its reissues, but rarely has it covered so many with one author.
But what Eddie doesn't know is that the game of pool isn't all about skill. And when he sets his sights on Minnesota Fats, the best pool player in the country, he knows this match will be a true test of his skill-and he knows he can win. But Eddie's got ambitions and wants to quit his two-bit hustling for the big time.
But when real money is on the line, they see that Eddie is a hustler of the first order. To the strangers he plays in darkened pool halls, at first "Fast" Eddie Felson seems like a sloppy pool player with bright eyes and an extraordinary grin. The basis for the acclaimed film starring Paul Newman. The legendary novel from the bestselling author of The Queen's Gambit about an ambitious pool shark who discovers what it takes to make the big time. Read Or Download The Hustler (Eddie Felson, #1) By Walter Tevis Full Pages.
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