This truly great novel about the gambling life is awild, stormy trip into the booming casino industry of the 1990s, told by Mickey, an obsessed young poker pro. He's the Cincinnati Kid tricked out for the 90s and his story is poker, brought to life by a cast of shrewd, outlandish characters, all of whom give him a run for his money. Here is a world in which the anarchy of chance comes into cold, hard focus and Mickey navigates his way through it with an unusal combination of guile and and virtue.