Bob the Gambler Author: Frederick Barthelme
	Book Information Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 0 Rating: 1 ISBN-13: 9780395809778 - ISBN-10: 0395809770 Publication Date: 10/1997 Pages: 213

A New York Times Notable Book In this darkly funny story, Ray and Jewel Kaiser try (and push) their luck at the Paradise casino. Peopled with dazed denizens, body-pierced children, a lusty grocery-store manager, and hourly employees in full revolt, this is a novel about wising up sooner rather than later--"a wise and funny tale" (New York Times Book Review) that is "masterfully observed" (John Barth).