Hustler

Adapated for the screen with Paul Newman, the legendary debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Queen's Gambit about an ambitious pool shark who discovers what it takes to make the big time

There's only one thing that matters to "Fast" Eddie Felson: to make the big money by beating the best pool players in the country. He's hustled suckers in one-horse towns, but now he's ready for prime time-that is, for Chicago, for Bennington's Pool Hall, and for Minnesota Fats. In a match played over an unbroken thirty-six hours, Fats teaches Eddie some things about the game, and about life, that he may not have been ready to learn. It's not until he meets Bert, a professional gambler who recognizes Eddie's incredible talent, and Sarah, an alcoholic student who loves him for who he is, that he can put those lessons into a plan of action. And when Eddie is ready to return to Fats in a climactic rematch, winning and losing are given a whole new meaning for him.