Exceptionally brilliant,
masterful and rewarding – and here it is from the mighty pen of novelist Jack
Engelhard, the highs and lows, warts and all of making it as a writer. Here the
sweetness of success is given its proper place, as are the moments of failure
and despair, and you will never forget the refrain, especially if you’re a
writer, “Nobody cares.” Engelhard opens the door into the world of New York
publishing with equal access into the world of gambling and casinos. Slot
Attendant is a triumph, and an absolute must-read.
Praise Received for Slot Attendant
“Jack
Engelhard combines personal experience, the experience of others, and a truly
vivid, thoroughly grounded imagination to paint this compelling portrait of a
novelist. For a quick, brisk read brimming with pathos and dignity, humor and
mystery, hope and despair, love and lust, corporate autocracy and little guys
who won’t knuckle under....you don’t want to miss Slot Attendant.”
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John W. Cassell, author of Crossroads:
1969
“Engelhard
takes you on a literary cruise. Truly the author of this era.”
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Len J. Jones, Amazon reviewer
“Slot Attendant is a page turner. You
won't be able to put it down. It is such a fantastic read that I wonder, can
any reviewer ever do it justice?”
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Gisela Hausmann, author and blogger
“With
his usual energetic ease of edgy, efficient expression, Engelhard’s Slot Attendant provides an electrifying,
edifying, and entertaining read.”
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Linda G. Shelnutt, mystery novelist
About the Author
Contemporaries have hailed novelist Jack Engelhard as
“the last Hemingway” and of being “a writer without peer and the conscience of
us all.” The New York Times commended
the economy of his prose… “precise, almost clinical language.” His bestselling
novel Indecent Proposal made him
internationally famous as the foremost chronicler of moral dilemmas and of
topics dealing with temptation. Works that followed won him an even greater
following, such as Escape From Mount
Moriah, his book of memoirs that won awards for writing and for film. His latest novel Compulsive draws us into the mind of
a compulsive gambler in a work stunningly brilliant and original, and
seductively readable. Engelhard writes a weekly column for The Washington Times.