“The slot machine I had abandoned coughed, clicked, and spat a cascade of half-dollars into its trough to the evident delight of its new patron. ‘You moved too soon,’ was Andy Livoti's triumph.
“‘It’ll be there when we get back.’ I was moving toward the pit. ‘It's crapshooting time.’”
Mankiewicz drives unmercifully into the very core of the gambler to make the reader understand the compelling fascination that can force a man to turn his back on society and risk it all.
Author: Don M. Mankiewicz
Title: It Only Hurts A Minute
Edition: First Edition, first printing
Published: New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1966
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 312p
Condition: Good condition dust jacket with edge wear, chipping and toning—in protector. Boards and spine clean with crushing at spine ends and edge wear. Binding tight with slight forward lean. Pages tanned with foxing on edges.
Comments: Very solid copy
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