An edition of The ballad of a small player (2014)

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An edition of The ballad of a small player (2014)

The ballad of a small player

1st ed.
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As night falls on Macau and the neon signs that line the rain-slick streets come alive, Doyle - "Lord Doyle" to his fellow players - descends into his casino of choice to try his luck at the baccarat tables that are the anchor of his current existence. A corrupt English lawyer who has escaped prosecution by fleeing to the East, Doyle spends his nights drinking and gambling and his days sleeping off his excesses, continually haunted by his past. Taking refuge in a series of louche and dimly lit hotels, he watches his fortune rise and fall as the cards decide his fate. In a moment of crisis he meets Dao-Ming, an enigmatic Chinese woman who appears to be a denizen of the casinos just like himself, and seems to offer him salvation in the form of both money and love. But as Doyle attempts to make a rare and true connection, all that he accepts as reality seems to be slipping from his grasp.

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Publisher
Hogarth
Language
English
Pages
257

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Edition Notes

Published in
London, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6065.S23 B36 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
257 p.
Number of pages
257

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27156046M
Internet Archive
balladofsmallpla0000osbo
ISBN 10
0804137978
ISBN 13
9780804137973
LCCN
2013035201
OCLC/WorldCat
858749553, 869807066, 2013035201

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