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"This is one those rare works of fiction that is so well crafted it requires frequent reality checks to convince oneself that the described world is not the real one. The novel is about one of the ageless fascinations of the human race with the waxing and waning of luck...Award-winning writer Tim Powers skillfully weaves gambler's superstitions, the Tarot, Bugsy Siegel, and a hundred other fragments into a masterpiece of psychological horror."Powers, Tim is the author of 'Last Call', published 1993 under ISBN 9780380715572 and ISBN 0380715570.
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