Name: Bob the Gambler
ISBN: 9780395924747

Frederick Barthelme

In a darkly funny love story, Ray and Jewel Kaiser dive headfirst into the gambling lifestyle of middle-class hedonism that has developed near their hometown, only to find themselves yearning for their peaceful earlier world

Bob the Gambler

A New York Times Notable Book. In this darkly funny story, Ray and Jewel Kaiser try (and push) their luck at the Paradise casino. Peopled with dazed denizens, body-pierced children, a lusty grocery-store manager, and hourly employees in full revolt, this is a novel about wising up sooner rather than later--"a wise and funny tale" (New York Times Book Review) that is "masterfully observed" (John Barth).

Dry and very funny. What is regret? What happens when one is incapable of expressing regret?

Clark Louis

In a darkly funny love story, Ray and Jewel Kaiser dive headfirst into the gambling lifestyle of middle-class hedonism that has developed near their hometown, only to find themselves yearning for their peaceful earlier world. Tour.

Bob the Gambler

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