By Brooks Haxton
Based round multi-million greenback stakes and a sequence of nationally televised poker tournaments, Fading Hearts at the River bargains a narrative of odds—the odds of a baby surviving serious jaundice, the percentages of Congress passing a legislation that renders one's on-line playing source of revenue inaccessible, the percentages of drawing the ideal card at the flip or the river. during this story of fatherhood and worldy good fortune, Haxton follows his son Isaac's not likely occupation as a poker participant, the frightened father usually sitting at the sidelines along with his arms crossed or looking at a on line casino computer screen whereas Isaac wins extra in a single hand of play than Haxton has earned from all his books of poetry combined.
during this deftly crafted tale Haxton explores the propensity for abstraction, common sense, and reminiscence all solid poets and poker avid gamers percentage, the entire whereas taking readers on a rollicking journey of complicated, intertwined issues, starting from online game thought and monetary techniques, to scientific mysteries and misplaced love, to chess, Magic playing cards, and Texas carry 'em. Guided via the through-line of a father's love and admiration for his proficient son, Fading Hearts can provide a special viewpoint on specialist playing and one family's adventure taking part in the percentages.
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