The ballad of a small player
1st ed.
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Word Count
64,250 words, Guess
Page Count
257 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveballadofsmallpla0000osbo
- Internet Archiveballadofsmallpla0000osbo_v0h4
- ISBN-100804137978
- ISBN-139780804137973
- OCLC Control Number858749553
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number869807066
- OCLC Control Number2013035201
- Open LibraryOL27156046M
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6065.S23 B36 2014
Description
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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