gambling

Michael Ferro m.p.ferro at worldnet.att.net
Wed Mar 20 13:08:06 PST 2002


Michael Pollak wrote:


> I don't know if it falls outside your purview, but Frederick and Steve
> Barthelme (published novelists, college professors and Donald Barthelme's
> little brothers) wrote a joint memoir about what seemed like a pretty
> remarkable bout of obsessional gambling called _Double Down_. The reviews
> called it well written and enlightening.
>
> Michael

I read an excerpt from this memoir which was published in the New Yorker a couple of years ago. Highly recommended. Abundant psychological insight and very entertaining.

Mike Ferro



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