Playing Off the Rail Paperback – 15 Jan. 2020

A beautiful story, v well told with a quite exquisite dialog between the pool hustler and his backer.Just a joy .. if u like pool/gambling, read it.Highly recommended.

softback, 366 pages,good size print.18 chapters.Author David McCumber brings to life the world of the pool hustler.An absolutely rivetting read.It goes on the shelf next to 'Hustler Days' 'The Hustler' and 'The Color of Money'.Highly Recommended.

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It's a good book, but I only recommend it to people who play 9-ball on American pool tables. Half the interest for me was the descriptions of games like one-pocket and straight pool. If you're just into playing with reds and yellows on a pub table this is not for you.My only critiscism is that if I'd published it there'd have been a paragraph at the end telling us what happened with Tony's lawsuit. Apart from that, I enjoyed it all, and I read 99.9% fiction, so I was surprised by this. I know this isn't a review, but I'll be loaning it to the guys I play pool with and hopefully they'll change our game conditions to a more American style, like it is everywhere else. In Scotland we really don't get a chance to see what a great game 9-ball is. More books like this might rectify that.Oh, and while it's not an instruction book, for 20% of the price of one, I got at least half a dozen valuable tips from this which should improve my pool and my results, and more advanced players may spot more. Money well spent.