THE HUSTLER (214 pp.)—Walter Tevis —Harper ($3.50). If Hemingway had the passion for pool that he had for bullfighting, his hero might have been Eddie Felson. The poolroom was Eddie’s world in ...
ST. LOUIS — Long before The Queen’s Gambit captivated Netflix audiences around the world, it was a 1983 novel written by Walter Tevis — a story as much about struggle and redemption as it is about ...