Last Call

Name: Last Call
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Tim Powers
ISBN: 9781441757395

Author: Tim Powers

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Unabridged: 19 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 11/18/2010

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

Scott Crane abandoned his career as a professional poker player twenty years ago and hasnt returned to Las Vegas, or held a hand of cards, in ten years. But troubling nightmares about a strange poker game he once attended on a houseboat on Lake Mead are drawing him back to the magical city. For the mythic game he believed he won did not end that night in 1969and the price of his winnings was his soul. Now, a pot far more strange and perilous than he ever could imagine depends on the turning of a card. Enchantingly dark and compellingly real, this World Fantasy Awardwinning novel is a masterpiece of magic realism set in the gritty, dazzling underworld known as Las Vegas.

About Tim Powers

Tim Powers is the author of over a dozen novels, including The Anubis Gates, Declare, and Three Days to Never. He has received the Locus, World Fantasy, and Philip K. Dick awards. He lives in San Bernardino, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on June 20, 2020

I happen to think this Locus and World Fantasy Award winner of '93 deserves all the accolades it got. Indeed, I think it's as readable now as it was back then. Especially now that we've all renewed our tastes for myths in our reading habits, this one dives deep into the Fisher King while leading us a......more

Goodreads review by Clouds on November 30, 2014

Summary: Reminded me of a mash-up of early Stephen King and Neil Gaiman... I loved it! I'm running miles (and miles!) behind on my reviewing, but I have to say something about this book - so let's bullet point: - I thought it was a fantasy/thriller based on poker. - I hadn't read any Tim Powers befo......more

Goodreads review by Jason on August 05, 2021

THE‌ ‌GREAT‌ ‌COMPLETIST‌ ‌CHALLENGE:‌ ‌In‌ ‌which‌ ‌I‌ ‌revisit‌ ‌older‌ ‌authors‌ ‌and‌ ‌attempt‌ ‌to‌ ‌read‌ every‌ ‌book‌ ‌they‌ ‌ever‌ ‌wrote‌ Currently‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌challenge:‌ ‌Isaac‌ ‌Asimov's‌ ‌Robot/Empire/Foundation‌ |‌ ‌Margaret‌ Atwood‌ |‌ ‌JG‌ ‌Ballard‌ |‌ Clive‌ ‌Barker‌ |‌ Christopher......more

Goodreads review by Pete on November 30, 2007

Like this one nearly as much as Powers's "On Stranger Tides" and more than Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" (similar subject matter). Powers does a lot of research. Obsessively immerses himself in whatever is available on a time and/or place that interests him, and then goes looking for the gaps in the......more