The Color of Money
Walter Tevis
A former pool champion, "Fast" Eddie Felson, is back on the circuit and ready to take on a new generation of competitors. But to win, he must adapt to the unfamiliar game of nine-ball. The Color of Money is a gripping novel about high stakes games and the pressures of competition. This book is the source of the classic film starring Paul Newman.
Publish Date
2003-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
2003-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1984
Goodreads Rating
3.9
ISBN
9781560254850
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Recommendations
2
Recommendations
2020-12-18T17:14:21.000Z
Been reading Walter Tevis, and finished "The Queen's Gambit" (chess) and "The Color of Money" (pool). They are both excellent stories, but more than that, they do such a great job at capturing what elite competition (and intensive training) is really like. – source