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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0689817592
ISBN-13: 9780689817595
Sep 1998
Publisher: Bt Bound
176 pages
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Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Denn finds himself alienating both friends and family when he becomes obsessed with playing high-stakes poker with adult gamblers.
| Size | | Length: | 176 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
Gr 7 Up-Once Dennis Doyle, 15, discovers his talent for playing poker, he gives away his lawn-mowing business and abandons his formerly good relationships with his divorced mom, his best friend, his girlfriend, and a local priest-all victims of his obsession. Short, cleverly titled chapters realistically and frighteningly detail Denn's transformation during one intense summer from a likable, hard-working skateboarder into the calculating, successful poker player described by the title. Watching it happen, step by credible step, the only question is how it will play out. When Father Seamus coaxes Denn to attend a meeting of Gamblers Anonymous, will he see the light? Or will he continue down the desperate spiral that he sees his poker partners take? What does it profit a man to gain the whole world if he loses his own soul? Denn doesn't care to ask that question, as long as the cards keep coming. At book's end, he is the best. He wins the local restaurant where no-limit poker is played, displacing the King and inheriting his throne. Poker makes him rich, but readers will have no doubt that he has lost. Fast paced and powerfully delivered, this novel is as taut and suspenseful as a high-stakes game.-Joel Shoemaker, Southeast Jr. High School, Iowa City, IA
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Although this tale of a teenager's descent into the world of high-stakes poker lacks the labyrinthine yet crystal-clear plotting of Mr. Was, Hautman nonetheless holds a wild card in his hand. Denn has always been obsessed with money, but his life is otherwise normal. He has a thriving landscaping business and a longtime girlfriend. But both of these quickly disappear when Denn discovers poker. He moves from living-room games with a group of boozy tough kids to the $1000 tables at a local casino, in and out of Gamblers Anonymous and finally to a private game where the sky's the limit. The wild card is that Hautman does not turn this into a problem novel. Instead, it's the story of a boy who finds he has talent and works to develop it. Despite accusations of immorality and addiction, Denn sees himself as a child prodigy. He studies hard identifying his opponents' "tells" and learning the odds for completing different hands and he wins continuously. This bitter, almost amoral novel ends with Denn, at age 16, living alone and owning the casino. He struggles to explain the appeal of the game, why it's worth giving up his normal life: "Money and winning were important, sure, but they weren't what kept me awake at night. It was the action, the ebb and flow of fate, the expressions on the faces of the players, the sounds and smells of the casino. But most of all it was the cards." Swift and salacious, Hautman's latest compellingly echoes gambling's siren call. Ages 12-up. (Oct.)
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