Compulsion [Hardcover]

Robin Moore (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 469 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385133227
• ISBN-13: 978-0385133227
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,478,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Compulsion Comments by Charles B, July 14, 2000

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Charles E. Brown (Ft Meade Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compulsion (Hardcover)

This book is compelling and rivoting account about the insidious, baffling, and destructive power of compulsive gambling. The Joe H. Hodges story takes you to levels of compulsive gambling the reader never dreamed possible. The pyschiatric comments are exceptional and provide valuable insight into the nature of this terrible emotional disease. The book is must reading for recovering compulsive gambler, the gambler who wants to quit but still suffers, and those in the medical and counseling professions who treat the illness. You won't want to put it down.

4.0 out of 5 stars Spellbinding!, July 1, 2007

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Desiree "Desiree" (Seattle, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compulsion (Hardcover)

The self destruction of a brilliant individual caught in the grip of compulsive gambling. This is the life of Joe Hodges who brought tragedy upon himself and his family because of his inability to stop gambling. It's the story of a man who had the world by the tail, a wonderful wife, promising career, a son he cherished, and threw it all away not by choice but by compulsion. The book takes you through decades of self destructive behavior, bailouts, second chances, and paints a portrait of a man who continually refused to learn from his own mistakes. It also gives you a look firsthand at the lives that were devastated by those who loved and trusted him. It proves that the compulsive gambler can take not only himself down, but everyone around him. This book is very hard to put down and will have you on the edge of your seat as you spiral down the tunnel with Joe Hodges. Brilliantly written by Robin Moore.