whats your take on the ending of THE HUSTLER the book

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did eddie pay bert??
did eddie go to work for bert??
did eddie supplant fats as "the man" at benningtons?
your thoughts
 
It's hard to imagine Eddie working for Bert. Possible ways out:

- Eddie finds a bigger and better backer than Bert in another city
- Eddie finds a way to play/gamble for his freedom

If you believe the Color of Money, though, Eddie refuses to pay and ends up quitting competitive pool altogether.
 
skip100 said:
It's hard to imagine Eddie working for Bert. Possible ways out:

- Eddie finds a bigger and better backer than Bert in another city
- Eddie finds a way to play/gamble for his freedom

If you believe the Color of Money, though, Eddie refuses to pay and ends up quitting competitive pool altogether.
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skip the books and movies are different
especially the book color of money
if you havent read it you should enjoy the read
i did
 
I preferred the movie ending of The Hustler over the book ending.
I much preferred the Color of Money book over the movie.
 
bbb said:
skip the books and movies are different
especially the book color of money
if you havent read it you should enjoy the read
i did
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In the Color of Money book Eddie specifically says:

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That said, you could argue that it is not a completely faithful sequel and that we shouldn't assume that the Color of Money directly follows from the events of the Hustler.

Clearly the movies are very different.
 
As much as I like the novel, I have always preferred the short story that was published in Playboy back in 1957. :thumbup:
 
bbb said:
did eddie pay bert??
did eddie go to work for bert??
did eddie supplant fats as "the man" at benningtons?
your thoughts
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just to get back on track
above is the original post of the thread
 
Chuck Fields said:
As much as I like the novel, I have always preferred the short story that was published in Playboy back in 1957. :thumbup:
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chuck
at your suggestion i got byrnes book on pool stories and read the playboy version by trevis
since i didnt get a great response to this thread about the ending of the book
i will ask you (i couldnt send you a pm ...dont know why )
what do you think happenened to big sam willis at the end of the story
was he robbed/killed by the men in the car??
 
bbb said:
chuck
at your suggestion i got byrnes book on pool stories and read the playboy version by trevis
since i didnt get a great response to this thread about the ending of the book
i will ask you (i couldnt send you a pm ...dont know why )
what do you think happenened to big sam willis at the end of the story
was he robbed/killed by the men in the car??
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I think broken thumbs would have been a 'best case scenario' at the end of the story. :thumbup:

Probability lies somewhere closer to this Im betting.... :p

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bbb said:
chuck
at your suggestion i got byrnes book on pool stories and read the playboy version by trevis
since i didnt get a great response to this thread about the ending of the book
i will ask you (i couldnt send you a pm ...dont know why )
what do you think happenened to big sam willis at the end of the story
was he robbed/killed by the men in the car??
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Things sure didn't look for Sam :eek:

Also feel free to PM me if you want a link to the original Playboy magazine with the short story in it. I tracked down the PDF.
 
bbb said:
skip the books and movies are different
especially the book color of money
if you havent read it you should enjoy the read
i did
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Then I am puzzled, since the book 'the Color of Money' makes it clear that Eddie walked away from the game until that generation of gangsters dies out. Fats is instrumental in getting Eddie back to playing 20 years and, if I recall, is the one who told him that it was now safe.
 
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