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The education of a poker player : linked stories / by James McManus ; cover design, Sandy Knight ; interior design and composition, Richard Foerster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McManus, James, author.
- Series:
- American reader series ; Number 25.
- American Reader Series ; Number 25
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poker--Fiction.
- Poker.
- Poker players--Fiction.
- Poker players.
- Priesthood--Fiction.
- Priesthood.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- 2015.
- Rochester, New York : BOA Editions, Ltd., 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""In writing about poker Jim McManus has managed to write about everything, and it's glorious.""-David SedarisNew York Times-bestselling author James McManus offers up a collection of seven stories narrated by Vincent Killeen, an Irish Catholic altar boy, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Persuaded at age eight by his grandmother that entering the priesthood will guarantee salvation for every member of his family, Vince eagerly commits to attending a Jesuit seminary for high school. As the meaning of a vow of celibacy becomes clearer to him, however, and he is exposed to the irresistible temp
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Altar Boy""; ""Concupiscence""; ""Detention""; ""Holy Week""; ""Kings Up""; ""Picasso""; ""Romeoville""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""BOA Editions, Ltd. American Reader Series""; ""Colophon""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-938160-86-X
- OCLC:
- 914329448
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