The Noble Hustle, (Paperback)

from rosalita

Full disclosure: I only read this book because I wanted to read something by Whitehead, who's been on my wishlist forever. Neither Zone One nor Underground Railroad were available at the library, so I snagged this one, which is a memoirish account of his experience playing in the World Series of ...

from texascheeseman

Noble Hustle Author: Colson Whitehead Publisher: Doubleday Publishing Date: 2014 Pgs: 234 Dewey: 795.412 WHI Disposition: Irving Public Library - South Campus - Irving, TX _________________________________________________ REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS Summary: The author self describes this book as...

from revliz

You think it's about poker? It's really about "anhedonia" -- the world of those of us who don't feel, or don't feel enough (according to other people).

from kcshankd

Tore through as a break from reading a longer work, would be a good road trip or flight book. Slacker (no doubt overplayed a bit) gets stacked to play WSOP. Hilarity and angst ensues. Reads like a more sober HST. Also, tough way to get booted from the WSOP - get process doesn't always yield good ...

from SheTreadsSoftly

The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death by Colson Whitehead is a very highly recommended, humorous and informative account of the author's foray into the world of high stakes poker games.The premise seems simple: Whitehead was staked by a magazine to see how far he could get in the World S...