Book : The Color Of Money - Tevis, Walter

-Titulo Original : The Color Of Money

-Fabricante :

Vintage

-Descripcion Original:

The sequel to The Hustler sees former champion Fast Eddie Felson return to the thrilling world of competitive pool-from the bestselling author of The Queen’s Gambit. The basis for the famed Martin Scorsese film.Tevis writes about pool with power and poetry and tension.... Grabs the reader and doesnt let go. You dont have to appreciate pool to like this book, to appreciate its sense of living on the edge. -Washington Post Twenty years have passed since “Fast” Eddie Felson conquered the underground pool circuit. During that time he married and ran his own pool hall, but having left that all behind he’s now badly in need of money, and pool is all he knows. On the beautiful aquamarine waters of the Florida Keys, he ropes his former rival Minnesota Fats into a series of exhibition matches in the hopes of picking up a cable TV deal. But playing the old master, a terrible feeling nags at him that he’s sat on his talent and that the best part of him is now gone. And when he vows to get back in the game-seriously, this time-he finds a challenging road ahead, and the only thing standing in his way is himself. Review Tevis writes about pool with power and poetry and tension. . . . Grabs the reader and doesnt let go. You dont have to appreciate pool to like this book, to appreciate its sense of living on the edge. -Washington PostTevis has added some glamour, but the grit remains together with the suspense of a competition whose only literary counterpart is the gunfight of the Old West. -Chicago Tribune About the Author WALTER TEVIS is the author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Mockingbird, The Steps of the Sun, The Queen’s Gambit, The Color of Money, and the short story collection Far from Home. The Man Who Fell to Earth was the basis for a major motion picture starring David Bowie. The Hustler and The Color of Money were also adapted for film, The Queen’s Gambit was the basis of the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series and The Man Who Fell to Earth is the basis of the Showtime series. Tevis died in 1984. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter OneWhere it faced the highway, the Sunburst was just another motel, but behind the main building sat a cluster of a half-dozen concrete cottages with tiny rock gardens. Condominiums. It was on one of the Keys, the one just below Largo. Driving down from the Miami airport, Ed had pictured a resort hotel with terraces and tennis courts, but this was old-fashioned. He parked beside a crimson hibiscus and got out into the Florida heat. Number 4 was the one across the gravel road, with a clear view of the ocean. It was late in the afternoon and the light from the sky was intense.Just as he came up, the screen door opened and a hugely fat man stepped out. The man wore Bermuda shorts and carried a wet bathing suit; he walked to the edge of the little porch and began wringing the suit into the bushes, scowling. It was him. Old as hell and even fatter, but there was no mistaking the man. Ed walked up to the foot of the steps, shading his eyes from the sun. “You’re George Hegerman,” he said, pleasantly.The fat man grunted and went on with his suit.“We used to know each other, in Chicago. . . .”The man turned and looked at him. “I remember.”“I’d like to talk business,” Ed said, squinting up. He was beginning to feel uncomfortable. It was extremely hot. “I could use a drink.”The fat man turned and finished with the bathing suit. There was a wood banister at one end of the porch and he hung it over that, spreading it out to dry. The suit was enormous. He turned back to Ed. “I’m going out in the bay. You can come along.”Ed stared at him for a moment. “In a boat?”“That’s right.”Hegerman stood at the wheel, wearing only the Bermuda shorts and dark glasses; he piloted the small boat expertly toward the low sun. The water was flat and shallow and as blue as any water Ed had ever seen; the motor behind him made con