{"product_id":"9780743288378","title":"Take Me to the River","description":"Author: Peter Alson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780743288378\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Atria Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Nov 2007\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn overeducated underachiever, Peter Alson spent his post-college decades doing his best not to grow up. But having just turned fifty, this rambling-gambling bachelor decides it's time to settle down. So he pops the question to his longtime girlfriend, then hatches a plan to pay for their wedding -- involving poker and a trip to Las Vegas. Boarding a plane bound for the neon desert and the biggest game in town -- the 2005 World Series of Poker -- this inveterate gambler and bad boy stares down his past and his future while competing for over $56 million in prize money. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTake Me to the River\u003c\/i\u003e is a hilarious, wrenching, full-tilt Vegas exploration of one man's obsession with poker and the lessons it has to offer -- about probability and luck, good fortune and bad, patience, perseverance, and -- most fitting for a man with marriage in his near future -- commitment.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871668916382,"sku":"HPC-9780743288378","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780743288378.jpg?v=1779618821","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780743288378","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}