The Cincinnati Kid

by Richard Jessup

Book Overview

The Cincinnati Kid, first published in 1963 (and made into a feature film starring Steve McQueen in 1965), is a gritty novel of smoky back-rooms and centered on a young card-shark ("The Kid") who eventually finds himself in a stud-poker game against the undisputed master ("The Man"). From the first edition dust-jacket: "By the time he was twenty-one, he was a full rambling-gambling man, a three river man. . . . From Jolly's Omaha...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CTVT2TVJ
• ISBN13: 9798869153401
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Nighthawk Books
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.7" x 7.5"