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Mon 03 Mar 2009A winning tale of a gambling addict's unlikely salvation through poker playing
BARRY OHALLORANreviews Life’s a GambleBy Roy Brindley Bantam £12.99, pp312
ROY BRINDLEY’S life reads like a text book warning of the dangers of compulsive gambling. He was raised in a working-class estate in Southampton in southern England, and his father, grandparents, aunts and uncles were all enthusiastic, but not very successful, punters.
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