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The Hustler by Walter Tevis
$20.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
Meet Eddie Felsen: a young pool hustler who's keen on winning big and beating the best. So far, he's been earning decent stakes beating small town players, but there's no pride in beating fools. In order to test himself against the best, Eddie seeks out the legendary Minnesota Fats in a smoky poolroom i ...Show more
The Hustler by Walter Tevis; Perseus
$0.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
"A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance."-Time OutWhen it was first published in 1959, The Hustler was the first--and the best--novel written about billiards in the 400-year history of the game. The book quickly won a respected readership and later an au ...Show more
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
$28.00 NZD
Category: Science Fiction | Series: S. F. Masterworks Ser.
The remarkable novel upon which the stunning cult film was based.'Beautiful ... The story of an extraterrestrial visitor from another planet is designed mainly to say something about life on this one' NEW YORK TIMESThomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devast ...Show more
The Queen's Gambit (PB) by Walter Tevis
$25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Series
‘Superb’ - Time Out. ‘Mesmerizing’ - Newsweek. ‘Gripping’ - Financial Times. ‘Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years – for the pure pleasure and skill of it’ - Michael Ondaatje. ‘Don’t pick this up if you want a night’s sleep’ - The Scotsman When she is sent to an orphanage at the ag ...Show more
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis by Walter S. Tevis; Robert Aulicino (Cover Design by); Sam Sloan (Introduction by)
$0.00 NZD
Category: Crime and Thrillers
There had never been a top ranked woman chess player. But suppose if an American girl were born with abilities in chess that matched the greatest players. What would happen to her in a highly competitive field dominated by men? Starting from this premise, the author Walter Tevis, who some years ago inte ...Show more
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