THE NOBLE HUSTLE: POKER, BEEF JERKY, AND DEATH
Book ID/图书代码： 12844014B68928
English Summary/英文概要： “I have a good poker face because I am half dead inside.” So begins the hilarious and unexpectedly moving adventures of an amateur player who lucked into a seat at the biggest card game in town—the World Series of Poker.
In 2011 Grantland magazine sent award-winning novelist Colson Whitehead to brave the harrowing, seven-day gauntlet of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. It was the assignment of a lifetime, except for one hitch—he’d never played in a casino tournament before.
With just six weeks to train, our humble narrator plunged into the gritty subculture of high-stakes Texas Hold’em. There’s poker here, sure, which means joy and heartbreak, grizzled cowboys from the game’s golden age, and teenage hotshots weaned on internet gambling. Not to mention the overlooked problem of coordinating Atlantic City bus schedules with your kid’s drop-off and pick-up at school.
And then there’s Vegas.
In a world full of long shots and short odds, The Noble Hustle is a sure bet, a raucously funny social satire whose main target is the author himself. Whether you’ve been playing cards your whole life or have never picked up a hand, you’re sure to agree that this book contains some of the best writing about beef jerky ever put to paper.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “我长着一张扑克脸，因为我的心已经死了一半了。”所以我开始了这场闹腾而意料之外的赌博之旅，我只是个业余选手，却有胆子参加了拉斯维加斯最大型的卡牌比赛——世界扑克大赛。
2011年，大地杂志将获奖作家科尔森•怀特海德送到了拉斯维加斯，参加为期7天的世界扑克大赛。这将是一生都难以忘怀的经历，现在只剩下一个小小的问题，那就是科尔森以前从未加过类似的扑克比赛。
科尔森只接受了6个星期的培训就前往赛场了。扑克意味着狂喜和心碎，到处是头发花白的牛仔，从小就对网络赌博颇为擅长的青少年。
没错，这里就是拉斯维加斯。
《高贵的扑克游戏》中充满了大风险，短赔率，一场爆笑有趣的社会讽刺剧就在作者自己身上上演了。无论你是扑克场上的老手还是从未涉猎其中，你都会在这本书中找到有趣有益之处。(XAT)
Awards/获奖情况：“怀特海德像是写了一份随意却又精明的报告，告诉了读者们一个颇有哲思却又令人沮丧的道理，就算牌手有再复杂的计算和精明的手段，输赢只在翻牌的那一瞬间。”——《出版者周刊》
“怀特海德写作的范围颇广，他所写的内容往往要深思一番才能悟出更深层次的道理。《高贵的扑克游戏》凭借其丰富的情节和人物，会使对扑克一无所知的人也沉迷其中。”——《科克斯评论》
"Whitehead serves up an engrossing mix of casual yet astute reportage and hang-dog philosophizing, showing us that, for all of poker’s intricate calculations and shrewd stratagems, everything still hangs on the turn of a card."- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"As a novelist of considerable range, Whitehead consistently writes about more than he’s ostensibly writing about...here writing a poker book that should strike a responsive literary chord with some who know nothing about the game...Engaging in its color and character."
-Kirkus Reviews
About the Author/作者介绍： 科尔森•怀特海德的作品有《一号地区》、《赛格港》、《直觉论者》，其中《直觉论者》入围了海明威奖，《约翰•亨利•戴斯》获得了幼狮小说奖，安斯菲尔德•沃夫奖，并入围了普利策奖，以及《顶点牌邦迪》获得了奥克兰奖。他还为自己的家乡写了一篇文章，名为《纽约的巨像》。科尔森是怀丁作家奖，古根海姆学者奖，麦克阿瑟奖得主，他现居于纽约。
他的下一步作品是本非小说作品，记录了2011年世界扑克大赛，名为《高贵的扑克游戏》，将于2014年出版。
Colson Whitehead is the author of the novels Zone One; Sag Harbor; The Intuitionist, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award; John Henry Days, which won the Young Lions Fiction Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and Apex Hides the Hurt, winner of the PEN Oakland Award. He has also written a book of essays about his home town, The Colossus of New York. A recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a MacArthur Fellowship, he lives in New York City.
His next book, a non-fiction account of the 2011 World Series of Poker, is called The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky & Death. It will be published in 2014.
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