Fading Hearts on the River (eBook)

Brooks Haxton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
288 Seiten
Counterpoint (Verlag)
978-1-61902-375-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Centered around multi-million dollar stakes and a series of nationally televised poker tournaments, Fading Hearts on the River offers a story of oddsthe odds of a newborn surviving severe jaundice, the odds of Congress passing a law that renders ones online gambling income inaccessible, the odds of drawing the right card on the turn or the river. In this tale of fatherhood and worldy success, Haxton follows his son Isaacs unlikely career as a poker player, the nervous father often sitting on the sidelines with his fingers crossed or staring at a casino monitor while Isaac wins more in one hand of play than Haxton has earned from all his books of poetry combined. In this deftly crafted story Haxton explores the propensity for abstraction, logic, and memory all good poets and poker players share, all the while taking readers on a rollicking tour of complex, intertwined topics, ranging from game theory and financial strategies, to medical mysteries and lost love, to chess, Magic cards, and Texas Hold em. Guided by the through-line of a fathers love and admiration for his talented son, Fading Hearts delivers a unique perspective on professional gambling and one familys experience playing the odds.

Autor

Brooks Haxton has published six collections of poems from Knopf. His poems and prose have appeared in Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Book Review, the New Yorker, and the Paris Review. He is the 2013 recipient of the Fellowship of Southern Writers Hanes Award, recognizing a distinguished body of work by a poet in mid-career. He lives with his wife and children in Syracuse and teaches at Syracuse University.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.4.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Spielen / Lernen ► Abenteuer / Spielgeschichten
• Schlagworte: book about casino • book about gambling • book about poker • book about poker tournaments • book about professional gambling • brokes haxton • broks haxton • broocks haxton • brook haxton • brooks hackston • brooks hatxon • brooks haxton • bruce haxton • fading hearts on river • Financial Strategies • Game Theory • isaac haxton • isac haxton • life in high stakes poker • memoir about playing poker • memoir about poker • memoir about son • poker player • professional gambling • they lift their wings to cry
• ISBN-10: 1-61902-375-X / 161902375X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61902-375-8 / 9781619023758