Loser Takes All - Softcover

Greene, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140128182 ISBN 13: 9780140128185

Publisher: Penguin, 1989

Synopsis

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

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0140128182
• ISBN 13: 9780140128185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128