{"product_id":"9781617751004","title":"All or Nothing: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “funny, relentless, haunting, and highly readable” novel about one man’s desperate gambling addiction (\u003ci\u003eForeWord Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e P is a school bus driver in Florida, and six month ago he won a hundred grand at the casino. What his wife and family don’t realize is that the money is long gone. To keep them fooled—and feed his ongoing compulsion—he indulges in bigger and bigger bets, scrounging for cash anywhere he can. Finally, faced with the ultimate financial crisis, he hits it really big. Yet winning, he soon learns, is just the beginning of a deeper problem . . .\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Allen takes his place on a continuum that begins, perhaps, with Dostoyevsky’s \u003ci\u003eGambler\u003c\/i\u003e, courses through Malcolm Lowry’s \u003ci\u003eUnder the Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e, William S. Burroughs’s \u003ci\u003eJunky\u003c\/i\u003e, [and] the collected works of Charles Bukowski and Hubert Selby Jr. . . . colorfully evokes the gambling milieu.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This is strongly recommended and deserves a wide audience; an excellent choice for book discussion groups.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165501636848,"sku":"9781617751004","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617751004_p0.jpg?v=1763851887","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617751004","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}