MARC Record from marc_nuls

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020 $a9780804137973
020 $a0804137978 (hbk.)
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050 00 $aPR6065.S23$bB36 2014
082 00 $a823/.914$223
100 1 $aOsborne, Lawrence,$d1958-
245 14 $aThe ballad of a small player /$cLawrence Osborne.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bHogarth,$c[2014]
264 4 $c℗♭2014
300 $a257 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $a"A novel"--Jacket.
520 $aAs 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 drinking and gambling and his days sleeping off his excesses, continually haunted by his past. Taking refuge in a series of louche and dimly lit hotels, he watches his fortune rise and fall as the cards decide his fate. In a moment of crisis he meets Dao-Ming, an enigmatic Chinese woman who appears to be a denizen of the casinos just like himself, and seems to offer him salvation in the form of both money and love. But as Doyle attempts to make a rare and true connection, all that he accepts as reality seems to be slipping from his grasp.
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650 0 $aGambling$zChina$zHong Kong$vFiction.
650 0 $aCasinos$zChina$zHong Kong$vFiction.
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