Told in a series of vignettes and set in the depressed North of the 1930s, Prior recounts the story of a man chronically addicted to gambling, as seen through the eyes of his 14-year-old son. It is a loving portrait of a man who never grew up, and who was all the more fun because of it.
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Told in a series of vignettes and set in the depressed North of the 1930s, Prior recounts the story of a man chronically addicted to gambling, as seen through the eyes of his 14-year-old son. It is a loving portrait of a man who never grew up, and who was all the more fun because of it.
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