The Hustler
A Mystery, American, Fiction book. it was the meaning of more than the game of pool, more than the five-by-ten-foot microcosm of ambition...
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- Pages: 256 pages
- ISBN: 9780141190365 / 141190361
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To love the game itself is a fine thing; it is loving the art you live by. Walter Tevis, The Hustler // And winning; that can be heavy on your back, too, like a monkey. You drop that load too when you find yourself an excuse."...And Bert seemed to relax, knowing he had scored, had pushed his way through Eddies consciousness and through his defenses, although Eddie still only partly understood all of what Bert had said, and was already prepared to rationalize the truth out of what he did understand. But Bert had suddenly quit pushing, and seemed now to be merely relaxing with his drink. "Thats your problem," he said. Walter Tevis, The Hustler // You drop that load too when you find yourself an excuse. Then, afterward, all you got to do is learn to feel sorry for yourselfand lots of people learn to get their kicks that way. Its one of the best indoor sports, feeling sorry. Berts face broke into an active grin. A sport enjoyed by all. Especially the born losers. Walter Tevis, The Hustler //
For some reason that I'm not aware of at the time of purchase, I've only been reading first novels these days. First, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, followed by Less Than Zero, on to The Secret History and finally this one, Tevis's first, inspired by his working at a poolhall. I'm not sure why I've been subconsciously doing this, but... Creme de la creme of pool books. You know you're a pool player when you can't even read 10 pages without putting it down and running to the nearest pool hall. Excellent book. The hardest decision to make is in deciding which story has more pathos; in the film she dies, in the book she lives on as a lush.
