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The Perfect Play (Advanced Readers Copy)
2 journalers for this copy...
TBR - reserved for WEAREATTHEBEACH
Blurb or a synopsis : After having read GOOD NIGHT STEVE MCQUEEN earlier this year, I had to pick up her first novel, THE PERFECT PLAY. While PP isn't as LOL funny as GNSM was, it was still a satisfying read. Centering on the obsessive compulsion world and the addiction to gambling, Audrey Ungar goes through life wondering why her father left her and her mother when she was 10 years old. she has many memories of this man that taught her many things, and told her stories including one about the Arctic Tern that still makes her smile. her father was a gambling man, and she learned at his feet while he gambled with his buddies.
She is a now an adult, living with her boyfriend Joe, whose job is landscape design. He's a whiz with plants and their home shows it. When he receives a request to install a beautiful window box in a dangerous part of town, Audrey goes to investigate and goes to the apartment in question.There, she meets a heavily obese agoraphobic American named Big Louie, who is obsessive compulsively clean and has an addiction to gambling. And he's good. And somehow, he gets Audrey interested, and instead of payment for the window box, he tells her he'll give her free lessons.
What he doesnt realize is that Audrey is obsessive compulsive deep down inside, having been a genius for math and can do all sorts of complex calculations in her head. Statistics and probability is one of her loves, and this combined with the skills of poker are a deadly pair. She now spends her off hours reading up on poker and anything related to it.
At the same time, she asks Big Louie if he has heard of her father, who was most likely living in America gambling his life away at poker games. Big Louie hints that he may, at least he's heard the famous last name of Ungar (no relation) in the world of poker. The two get to know each other, and Audrey feels they are slowly becoming real friends.
In the mean time, Joe is upset with this addiction of hers, and he tries to get her to stop. Just like with her father, the addiction is tearing up their relationship, but Audrey's deep conviction that she can find her father through Big Louie and playing poker does not allow her to rest.
Louise Wener has a gift with story telling, and so far I have loved both of her books. THE PERFECT PLAY is funny in spots, serious in others. The ending satisfied me, done properly with not too much sentimentality that would have ruined this book. I was also fascinated by the world of Poker, and how one can take advantage of other players simply by learning few "techniques". I'd definitely read more by her. I sure hope she's not stopping at two books!
She is a now an adult, living with her boyfriend Joe, whose job is landscape design. He's a whiz with plants and their home shows it. When he receives a request to install a beautiful window box in a dangerous part of town, Audrey goes to investigate and goes to the apartment in question.There, she meets a heavily obese agoraphobic American named Big Louie, who is obsessive compulsively clean and has an addiction to gambling. And he's good. And somehow, he gets Audrey interested, and instead of payment for the window box, he tells her he'll give her free lessons.
What he doesnt realize is that Audrey is obsessive compulsive deep down inside, having been a genius for math and can do all sorts of complex calculations in her head. Statistics and probability is one of her loves, and this combined with the skills of poker are a deadly pair. She now spends her off hours reading up on poker and anything related to it.
At the same time, she asks Big Louie if he has heard of her father, who was most likely living in America gambling his life away at poker games. Big Louie hints that he may, at least he's heard the famous last name of Ungar (no relation) in the world of poker. The two get to know each other, and Audrey feels they are slowly becoming real friends.
In the mean time, Joe is upset with this addiction of hers, and he tries to get her to stop. Just like with her father, the addiction is tearing up their relationship, but Audrey's deep conviction that she can find her father through Big Louie and playing poker does not allow her to rest.
Louise Wener has a gift with story telling, and so far I have loved both of her books. THE PERFECT PLAY is funny in spots, serious in others. The ending satisfied me, done properly with not too much sentimentality that would have ruined this book. I was also fascinated by the world of Poker, and how one can take advantage of other players simply by learning few "techniques". I'd definitely read more by her. I sure hope she's not stopping at two books!
rec'd from ratmammy - thanks!
