A Gambler's Anatomy

A surprising, quite uplifting book. I was expecting a dissolute man novel about a degenerate individual on a spree of gambling and drinking, but this book is way more than that. The author avoids predictability or making the book too cosy with black humour and a great cast of characters including a German leather maid, a crazy self-obsessed doctor who spends operations imagining himself saving Hendrix and an anarchist slider chef.