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Two of a kind make 'The Perfect Play'
THE PERFECT PLAY (Apr 2004)
Posted 6/16/2004 8:19 PM
By Jackie Pray, Special for USA TODAY(excerpt)
What makes a responsible British school teacher leave his wife and 11-year-old daughter to hang with a slimy card shark named Jimmy Silk Socks? Poker. The adrenalin-pumping, mind-lasering thrill of poker.
Afraid she'll repeat her dad's mistakes, Audrey is a reluctant gambler with uncanny ability. But in the end, like her dad, she can't resist the allure of the game.
The Perfect Play is the highly entertaining story of Audrey's search for her deserting dad, her torrid affair with gambling and her friendship with Big Louie, an agoraphobic card master. Abandonment issues have never been so funny. (Related excerpt: Read the first chapter of The Perfect Play)
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