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Synopsis
A Sports Illustrated writer offers a colorful portrait of Danny Basavich, a New Jersey-born pool hustler known as Kid Delicious, and his set-up man, Bristol Bob, as they embark on a four-year odyssey through the pool halls and urban billiard rooms of America, and from seamy hustler to professional pool phenom.
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Review
Danny 'Kid Delicious' Basavich's intoxicating tale is a true story... and L Jon Wertheim tells it beautifully here, getting right under the skin of pool's darker subculture without overly romanticising its past... A fine twist on the sports biography. (Metro)
Pro sportswriter Jon Wertheim has painted a fascinating picture of the pair and the modern-day underground they trawled in search of easy money. (Jon Wise Daily Sport)
Forget the "sport" side of pool, this book is about burly guys in small-town America betting large sums of money... the humanity of the betting sharks amid a dying breed of old-school pool hustlers is vividly portrayed. (Stanley Pignal Financial Times FT Magazine)
Entertaining. (Tony Hodson Sport)
About the Author
L. Jon Wertheim is the author of three previous books and the forthcoming Blood in the Cage: Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, and the Furious Rise of the UFC. Film rights to Running the Table were optioned by Lions Gate, and the film is currently in development. He is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and lives in New York.
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0618664742
- ISBN 13 9780618664740
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages248
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