#315 Action and the Quiz Kid- Dashiell Hammett
Action was a pool shooting, cigarette smoking, eighteen year
old city kid. He walked the street with a swagger and he was admired for his
style. But style was all he had. He was a bad gambler and never seemed to get
ahead of his bad run of luck.
When things turned particularly bad, he started to take advantage of a
younger kid who worshipped Action. He made bets for this kid or pretended to at
least and stole his bank role. Bad gamblers make bad choices, some that you
can’t take back.
Short story, not much here but a quick read.
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