Shooting Pool with the Last Great American Hustler

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Legendary pool hustler Kid Delicious started out as an overweight and unhappy teenager from New Jersey. Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim explores how that teenager became Kid Delicious as he traveled through America’s billiard halls beating up the competition. Wertheim’s new book is Running the Table.

Events: L. Jon Wertheim and Kid Delicious will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, November 1 at 7pm
Barnes & Noble
396 Avenue of the Americas (at 8th Street)

Running the Table is available for purchase at amazon.com

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