Positively Fifth Street - Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker (Paperback, 1st Picador ed)

In the spring of 2000, Harper's Magazine sent James McManus to Las Vegas to cover the World Series of Poker, in particular the progress of women in the $23 million event, and the murder of Ted Binion, the tournament's prodigal host, purportedly done in by a stripper and her boyfriend. But when McManus arrives, the lure of the tables compels him to risk his entire Harper's advance in a long-shot attempt to play in the tournament himself. This is his deliciously suspenseful account of the tournament--the players, the hand-to-hand combat, his own unlikely progress in it--and the delightfully seedy carnival atmosphere that surrounds it. Positively Fifth Street is a high-stakes adventure and a terrifying but often hilarious account of one man's effort to understand what Edward O. Wilson has called Pleistocene exigencies--the eros and logistics of our competitive instincts.

General

Imprint:	Picador USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2004
First published:	March 2004
Authors:	James McManus
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	436
Edition:	1st Picador ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-42252-3
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General
LSN:	0-312-42252-0
Barcode:	9780312422523

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