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Walter Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. Whilst a student at the University of Kentucky, Tevis worked in a pool hall and published a story about the game for an English class. He would later revisit his love for pool in the novels THE HUSTLER (1959) and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1984), both of which would be adapted into multiple award-winning films starring Paul Newman. Among his other works, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1963) and MOCKINGBIRD (1980) are considered masterpieces of science fiction. Tevis died in 1984.
Tevis traps us in the breathless drama of the moment and makes us feel the same intense involvement his characters feel * The Plain Dealer * Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it * Michael Ondaatje on THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT * Compelling. . . . A magnificent obsession * Los Angeles Times on THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT * Tevis writes about pool with power and poetry and tension . . . Grabs the reader and doesn't let go. You don't have to appreciate pool to like this book, to appreciate its sense of living on the edge * Washington Post on THE COLOR OF MONEY * A fine, swift, wanton, offbeat novel * The New York Times on THE HUSTLER * If Hemingway had the passion for pool that he had for bullfighting, his hero might have been Eddie Felson * Time on THE HUSTLER *
