The gambler
Original title: Works (Бобок / Игрокъ / Скверный анекдот)
first published 1966 Penguin Books, 1981 238 pages
The stories in this volume demonstrate Dostoyevsky's genius for fusing caricature, irony and the grotesque to create a powerful dark humour. Jessie Coulson's introduction examines the personal and financial dramas that influenced Dostoyevsky.
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