{"product_id":"positively-fifth-street-murderers-cheetahs-and-binions-world-series-of-poker","title":"Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePositively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJames McManus\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780312422523\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePicador\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 2000, \u003ci\u003e Harper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e sent James McManus to Las Vegas to cover the World Series of Poker, in particular the progress of women in the $23 million event, and the murder of Ted Binion, the tournament's prodigal host, purportedly done in by a stripper and her boyfriend. But when McManus arrives, the lure of the tables compels him to risk his entire Harper's advance in a long-shot attempt to play in the tournament himself. This is his deliciously suspenseful account of the tournament--the players, the hand-to-hand combat, his own unlikely progress in it--and the delightfully seedy carnival atmosphere that surrounds it.\u003ci\u003e Positively Fifth Street\u003c\/i\u003e is a high-stakes adventure and a terrifying but often hilarious account of one man's effort to understand what Edward O. Wilson has called \"Pleistocene exigencies\"--the eros and logistics of our competitive instincts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker | James McManus | Paperback | 9780312422523 | Used: Like New | Games 1650333","offer_id":48750432714904,"sku":"1650333","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71G3IZGG2nL.jpg?v=1773940978","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/positively-fifth-street-murderers-cheetahs-and-binions-world-series-of-poker","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}