Gambler (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Gambler (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) Synopsis

Perhaps better than any other work of fiction, Dostoevskys novel The Gambler captures and analyzes gamings fatal attraction. We follow Aleksey Ivanovichs ups and downs in the make-believe German city of Roulettenburg, where nationalities mix in a frenzied competition for money and status. Written in twenty-six days to beat an unscrupulous publishers deadline, The Gambler is based on the authors own struggles with gambling addiction. It will leave readers amused and baffled at Alekseys contradictory and self-destructive energy.