Big Slick
A novel by Eric Luper
THE DEAL
All in all, sixteen-year-old Andrew Lang has been dealt a pretty good hand in life. Sure, he has to spend his afternoons slaving away in the hellhole that is his dad's dry-cleaning business, but even that's not so bad with Jasmine, the seriously hot Goth-chick senior, working right beside him. So what if she's got a boyfriend? Plus, Andrew's got another ace up his sleeve--he's good at poker. Very good.
THE FLOP
Unfortunately, all it takes is one bad beat at Shushie's pool hall to turn Andrew's bankroll from huge to nonexistent. And Andrew's pretty sure that sooner or later his dad's going to notice that missing $600 he borrowed from the register.
THE TURN
Andrew thinks he may know how to get the money back, but it's a little bit crazy, and a little bit dangerous . . .
THE RIVER
In this breakneck-paced first novel about winning, losing, and growing up, the stakes are high, and Andrew must make a decision: Should he fold or go all in?
Read an excerpt from Big Slick HERE...
