The Cincinnati Kid
Published on 1. October 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-1-874061-13-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Cincinnati Kid had been playing cards since he was twelve. At twenty-one he was a fully-fledged professional gambler roaming the Mississippi, the Ohio and the Missouri.
Now he was ready to meet 'The Man' - Lancey Hodges, the undisputed Stud Poker King from Vegas to Miami.
''Kid', the Shooter told him, 'you're one of the trully great, you've got the pur art...but you're going to need more than that!''
The Cincinatti Kid was made into a classic film starring Steve McQueen, Edward G Robinson, Karl Malden and Ann-Margret.
Now he was ready to meet 'The Man' - Lancey Hodges, the undisputed Stud Poker King from Vegas to Miami.
''Kid', the Shooter told him, 'you're one of the trully great, you've got the pur art...but you're going to need more than that!''
The Cincinatti Kid was made into a classic film starring Steve McQueen, Edward G Robinson, Karl Malden and Ann-Margret.
Reviews / Votes
an exciting peep into a strange world whose mysique achieves, in the tight-lipped romantic approach of a thriller, a curious formal beauty * Daily Telegraph * Jessup has brilliantly enlarged the microcosm of the gambling table to make it a genuine setting for the novel * New York Times Book Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bedford Square Publishers
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-874061-13-7 (9781874061137)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Richard Jessup, born in 1925 in Savannah, was raised in orphanages until he joined the Merchant Marine at 16. He was a merchant seaman for 11 years and published his first book, The Cunning and the Haunted in 1954. He went on to write for science fiction for TV, a series of Westerns and then spy novels. The Cincinnati Kid was by far his most successful novel, achieving enduring world wide fame aided by the film of the same name starring Steve McQueen. He died in 1984.