The Hustler (novel)

The Hustler is a 1959 novel by American writer Walter Tevis. It tells the story of a young pool hustler, Edward "Fast Eddie" Felson, who challenges the legendary Minnesota Fats.[1]

The Hustler
First edition
AuthorWalter Tevis
PublisherHarpers
Publication date
1959

The Hustler was adapted into a 1961 film of the same title, starring Paul Newman as Fast Eddie and Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats. The film was a critical and commercial success and was nominated for multiple Academy Awards. It remains widely regarded as a classic.

Synopsis

After losing to Fats, Eddie could spiral down to the scrapheap, but he meets Bert Gordon, a stakehorse. Bert teaches him about winning, or more particularly about losing. Tautly written, it is a treatise on how someone, with all of the skills, can lose if he "wants" to lose; how a loser is beaten by himself, not by his opponent; and how he can learn to win, if he can look deeply enough into himself.

The book was followed by the sequel The Color of Money.

Printing history

Available editions include:

  • 1976: ISBN 0-380-00860-2
  • 1979: ISBN 1-56849-044-5
  • 2006: ISBN 1-56025-473-4

See also
  •  Cue sports portal
  •  Film portal

References
  1. "FAMED POOL PLAYER, MINNESOTA FATS, DIES". Chicago Tribune. 1996-01-18. Retrieved 2021-09-12.


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