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ABOUT THE BOOK

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.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

'Jessup has brilliantly enlarged the microcosm of the gambling table to make it a genuine setting for the novel. '
- New York Times Book Review [read the full review]

'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