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Poker night turns into haunting revenge tale.

If you've ever had a game night with friends go sideways, "Fold" may hit close to home. It takes a seemingly innocent tradition and twists it into a suspenseful ride where stakes are more than money. Tom Campbell delves deep into the psychology of friendship and rivalry, making "Fold" a gripping read for anyone who enjoys thrillers with a personal touch.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781408807606
Authors: Tom Campbell
Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Romance, Contemporary
Related Topics: Chick Lit, Contemporary Romance
Goodreads rating: 2.87
(rated by 173 readers)

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Five friends. One year. All bets are off. Reading, 2009. It may not be Vegas, but for Nick, Doug, Vijay, Alan and Simon, it's as good as they're going to get. Each in their forties, and beset by anxieties, flaws and frustrations, they meet monthly in each other's houses for a 'friendly' game of poker, enabling Doug to show off his newly-minted wealth, Simon to insist on serving only red wine and goats' cheese and Nick - swimming in a cocktail of envy, fear, bravado and disappointment - to make increasingly desperate attempts to bring an end to his interminable losing streak. While Vijay meticulously records every win and loss on his spreadsheet, and Alan frets about his propensity to break into sweat and his inability to get his wife pregnant, Nick becomes obsessed with the idea of engineering Doug's downfall, who with his big house, his successful business and his appalling taste is both everything that Nick aspires to and resents. Convinced of the heroic nature of his task, he aims to triumph over Doug in poker, as well as in life, and in doing so he comes into troubling proximity to Sophia, Doug's clever and beautiful wife ...
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Poker night turns into haunting revenge tale.

If you've ever had a game night with friends go sideways, "Fold" may hit close to home. It takes a seemingly innocent tradition and twists it into a suspenseful ride where stakes are more than money. Tom Campbell delves deep into the psychology of friendship and rivalry, making "Fold" a gripping read for anyone who enjoys thrillers with a personal touch.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.