The Gambler

"Christine Dwyer Hickey paints a disturbingly accurate picture of a family's slow decline. The shadowy figure of the dancer reappears while his son, the gambler of the title, struggles through to early manhood. The twin addictions of father and son, alcoholic and gambler, keep through the pages, leaving an indelible mark." "At once disquieting and deeply resonant the plight of her characters creates a vivid sense of time and place. In an age of desperate poverty, the torturous forces of life are brought to bear on this Dublin family. In The Gambler a powerful creative imagination is at work."--BOOK JACKET.