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Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie: A True Tale of Love and the Vig
by Alson, Peter
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- Condition
- very good, very good
- ISBN 10
- 0517703300
- ISBN 13
- 9780517703304
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Place_Pub: New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1996. Second Printing. very good, very good. 228, red dot on bottom edge, slight wear and soiling to DJ. Juxtaposing the thuggish worlds of bookies and privileged Ivy Leaguers, this hilarious study of unfettered machismo takes a perceptive look into a young, down-on-his-luck Harvard graducate who joins a bookmaking operation while he tries to pull his life together. Norman Mailer is the author's uncle.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51936
- Title
- Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie: A True Tale of Love and the Vig
- Author
- Alson, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517703300
- ISBN 13
- 9780517703304
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Place_Pub: New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Sports, Harvard, Ivy League, Relationships, Yuppie, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Underworld, Bookmaking Ops.
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