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Petrakis,Harry Mark

Nick the Greek

Doubleday, 1979

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Year of publication
1979
ISBN
0385049099
Place of printing
New York
Author
Petrakis,Harry Mark
Publishers
Doubleday
Edition
1st.US Edition.
Keyword
GAMBLING GREEKS IN AMERICA GREEK AMERICAN WRITERS
Cover description
Very Good, Slight Chips
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

In 1919 Nick Dandolos arrived in Chicago from Greece, pursuing the American dream. Instead, tempted into a high-stakes game of cards, he is driven to humiliation and defeat. From these depths he begins his painstaking mastery of the skills of gambling under the tutelage of the crafty old gambler, Nestor, who says, "If God wished to learn to gamble, he would come to me."Wreaking vengeance on the powerful gangsters who had beaten him, Nick begins a meteoric ascent that carries him through no-limit games with kings and tycoons, and, finally, gains for himself legendary status as "Nick the Greek." 302P.