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The King of Video Poker
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Show Additional Fields "Iacovelli imbues the narrator's rants with an uncompromising precision; to him, Burberry perfume smells like 'rotten fruit tossed in a blender with noxious chemicals.' It's hard to look away from this disturbing character study" -Publishers Weekly "A profound deep dive into the human condition and unnervingly emblematic of 21st Century America, Paolo Iacovelli's stunning debut novel explores the existential despair of a gambling man. The eventual loss of all whom he loves, along with his seemingly enviable life sends him on an impossible quest to fill the void that leads to a horrific, decidedly unexpected and yet inevitable, conclusion." -Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of Rabbits for Food "In The King of Video Poker, Paolo Iacovelli's nameless narrator does for today's Las Vegas strip-in other words, America-what Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov did for Tsarist Saint Petersburg or Fassbinder's Franz Biberkopf for interbellum Berlin. Unlikeable narrators are difficult to pull off and often reveal more about their environment than themselves, but Iacovelli keeps us turning the pages into a neon emptiness that is as damning as it is dark." -Alexander Boldizar, author of The Man Who Saw Seconds "Taut and full of menace, The King of Video Poker captures our particular American sickness with disturbing precision and dark momentum. Paolo Iacovelli has written a very promising debut." -Sam Lipsyte, author of Venus Drive and No One Left to Come Looking for You
Product details
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 186
- Release Date:
- 2024-07-09
- Publication Date:
- 2024-07-09
- Publisher:
- Clash Books
- Languages:
- Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 1960988085
- ISBN13:
- 9781960988089
- Weight:
- 207 g
- Height:
- 127 cm
- Width:
- 203 cm
- Thickness:
- 11 cm
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