The Ballad of a Small Player

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SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM STARRING COLIN FARRELL AND TILDA SWINTON FROM ACADEMY AWARD WINNER EDWARD BERGER, DIRECTOR OF CONCLAVE AND ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT A "thrilling and terrifying" (NPR) tale of risk and obsession set in the mysterious world of Macau's casinos, by the author of the critically acclaimed The Forgiven "To open a new Lawrence Osborne book is to enter a maze of thrills from which there is no exit other than to finish the book in one sitting."-The New York Times "[A] vivid and feverish portrait of a soul in self-inflicted purgatorio"-The New York Times Book Review A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, NPR As night falls on Macau and the neon signs that line the rain-slick streets come alive, Doyle-"Lord Doyle" to his fellow players-descends into his casino of choice to try his luck at the baccarat tables that are the anchor of his current existence. A corrupt English lawyer who has escaped prosecution by fleeing to the East, Doyle spends his nights ...