The Hustlers

An Explosive True Story of Gambling, Greed and the Perfect Con

• Author(s): Douglas Henry Thompson,
• Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson
• Pages: 256
• ISBN_10: 0283070552
  ISBN_13: 9780283070556
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General , Games & Activities / Gambling / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Criminology , True Crime / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions ,

Description:... John Burke and Bobby McKew first met in Dublin but their paths were to cross again in London in the late 1950s, with fateful results. Here, they describe the details of a scam they called 'the big edge', an undetectable way to fix the hugely fashionable game of chemin de fer.