Loser Takes All (A New Portway large print book) - Hardcover
Bertram was not a believer in luck or superstitions. An unambitious assistant accountant, his plans for his second marriage are typically quiet: St Luke's, Maida Hill, then two weeks in Bournemouth. But then he comes to the attention of Dreuther, the director of Bertram's company, who changes Bertram's plans for him: wedding and honeymoon in Monte Carlo, on board his private yacht. Inevitably Bertram visits the casino and inevitably he loses. But then his system starts working, and his trouble really begins-
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"A great writer who spoke brilliantly to a whole generation." - Alec Guinness
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The best British writer of the twentieth century
‘A great writer who spoke brilliantly to a whole generation’ Alec Guinness
‘A great writer who spoke brilliantly to a whole generation’ Alec Guinness
Bertram was not a believer in luck or superstitions. An unambitious assistant accountant, his plans for his second marriage are typically quiet: St Luke’s, Maida Hill, then two weeks in Bournemouth. But then he comes to the attention of Dreuther, the director of Bertram’s company, who changes Bertram’s plans for him: wedding and honeymoon in Monte Carlo, on board his private yacht. Inevitably Bertram visits the casino, and inevitably he loses. But then his system starts working, and his trouble really begins...
‘Mr Greene’s extraordinary power of plot-making, of suspense and of narration...moves continuously both in time and space and in emotion’ Angus Wilson, The Times
‘One of the finest writers of any language’ Washington Post
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- PublisherChivers Press
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0851191339
- ISBN 13 9780851191331
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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