Billiards [Hardcover]

John Grissim (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 255 pages
• Publisher: Book Sales; 1St Edition edition (January 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312078625
• ISBN-13: 978-0312078621
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,344,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, May 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Billiards (Hardcover)

I stumbled onto this book while searching through a game room store that was going out of business, and had everything on sale. The book was a little used and I guess had been sitting under some boxes for decades. Anyway, got it for in 2003 and it's a hardback in sweet condition!

Right - so on to content: the book is great. It reads very well, and definitely provides insight into the billiard world. It's about 200+ pages, and I devoured it in a day of reading. I'm a player, not a great one, and I have a real career as well, so pool's a hobby for me, but one which I take pretty seriously. I've spent time at lots of pool halls, some seedy, some nice, most in-between. I could relate to lots of the book, but there was definitely lots of new stuff I picked up from it with respect to the billiards culture. Highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great banter between two hustlers, March 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Billiards (Hardcover)

If you'd like to know what it's really like to experience the banter of two of the top hustlers of their time--then you'll love the chapter dealing with Gene Nagy's one pocket game. Great fun!