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Title: Dummy Up and Deal: Inside the Culture of Casino Dealing by H. Lee Barnes, John L. Smith ISBN: 0-87417-506-2 Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant writing and an insiders pov at gambling
Comment: This wonderful collection of non-fiction accounts on the other side of the table is a true and accurate look at what makes the casinos tick: not the people who come with the money, but the people who take it. Lee Barnes has a gift and it is to conjure so many voices into one cohesive book. It is funny, sad, and terrible. If you ever wanted to know who lives in Las Vegas, read this.
Rating: 2
Summary: Talented author without heart
Comment: Though the writer is obviously gifted, and the stories are without a doubt amusing and accurately detailed, the author seems distant from his characters.
The author seems to stay un-involved and to coldly inspect his subjects as though they were fireflies in Mason jars, or butterflies on pins.
The writing is superb, but the lack of involvment in the characters inner workings and lives, leaves these stories sounding like a girlfriend repeating a soap opera in the office, to someone who missed an episode.
I'll lay off with these last words. The author should look into his own heart and write real, breathing characters, not try to bring to life cardboard cutouts. No matter how excellent it is, it must heart. This book does not have heart, though it does have plenty of good writing.
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Title: Blackjack Dealing and Supervision by Vic Taucer ISBN: 0924719079 Publisher: Vic Taucer Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: In the Shadow of the Strip: Las Vegas Stories (Western Literature Series) by Richard Logsdon, Todd Scott Moffett, Tina D. Eliopulos ISBN: 0874175496 Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Gunning for Ho: Vietnam Stories (Western Literature Series) by H. Lee Barnes, John Clark Pratt ISBN: 0874173469 Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Lucky (Western Literature Series) by H. Lee Barnes ISBN: 0874175399 Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Of Rats and Men: Oscar Goodman's Life from Mob Mouthpiece to Mayor of Las Vegas by John L. Smith ISBN: 0929712986 Publisher: Huntington Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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