The Skin Game ... and other Atlantic City Capers
Book Details
Author(s)Joseph Wilkins
ISBN / ASINB004V4A4E8
ISBN-13978B004V4A4E0
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
“It was the week before Christmas ... and time for the annual raid on Sonia's whorehouse.â€
“The Skin Game...and other Atlantic City Capers†is the rollicking story of the days when Atlantic City hit bottom and bet its future on casinos.
It's a richly comic fictionalized account of how a young lawyer opening his practice amid the peeling paint and faded glory of the once-proud “Playground of the Nation†found himself in a city where the local judge ran illegal slot machines and his own string of hookers; a smiling motorcycle cop was filmed selling his hog to the state police in an undercover sting operation; and an illegal card game that had run peacefully for 27 years became the target of armed robbers, a three-way shootout, and the funniest trial in local memory as Atlantic City entered the casino era.
“The Skin Game...and other Atlantic City Capers†is the rollicking story of the days when Atlantic City hit bottom and bet its future on casinos.
It's a richly comic fictionalized account of how a young lawyer opening his practice amid the peeling paint and faded glory of the once-proud “Playground of the Nation†found himself in a city where the local judge ran illegal slot machines and his own string of hookers; a smiling motorcycle cop was filmed selling his hog to the state police in an undercover sting operation; and an illegal card game that had run peacefully for 27 years became the target of armed robbers, a three-way shootout, and the funniest trial in local memory as Atlantic City entered the casino era.
