Dead Man's Hand

by Walter Mosley, Christopher Coake, Alexander McCall Smith, et al.

Book Overview

If ever a subject begged to be associated with crime it is gambling, writes Otto Penzler in his introduction to this collection of short stories set at the poker table and beyond. In Walter Mosley's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847241123
• ISBN13: 9781847241122
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Quercus Books
• Length: 399 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

for poker players

This is a fun, light book,but probably only a reader who likes mysteries and plays poker would enjoy it.

dark and entertaining card crime stories

in this book you will find a full house of entertaining and DARKLY INSIGHTFUL, artfully crafted literary suspense and crime stories by an excellent group of writers who have clearly mastered the techniques of character development and lyrical language from the baser side of the human spectrum. no bluffing. joyce carol oates's "strip poker" is wonderfully suspenseful. "poker and shooter" is lots of dark fun. the story by walter mosely is one of the best stories I have ever read. not all of the stories are completely about the game, which makes it a lot more fun than it would be if the stories are exclusively about playing cards. highly recommended.