Stephen, a restaurateur, has a weekly poker game in the basement. The’stakes are high and the waiters often lose their paycheques. Stephen’s son, Carl, is an obsessive gambler who has run up debts and when Ash, a professional gambler, threatens to kill Carl if he doesn’t pay the 4000 he owes, Carl arranges for him to play in the weekly game. But Stephen can’spot a professional and confron’s Ash who asks where Carl acquired his addiction. Who is the real addict, Carl or Stephen?

Published by Methuen – 1995 edition

118 pages

Condition; EXCELLENT