The Color of Money

By Walter Tevis

Categories: Literature & Fiction

The Color of Money, first published in 1984, is Walter Tevis's sequel to The Hustler, returning to Fast Eddie Felson some twenty-five years later as a middle-aged pool hall owner whose marriage is ending. Eddie goes back on the road with Minnesota Fats, staging exhibition matches and relearning his game, while a relationship with an art historian, Arabella, opens a new world to him. Martin Scorsese's 1986 film starred Paul Newman and Tom Cruise.

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• Joe Rogan: “That series is really good, but that Walter Tevis guy was amazing. He wrote... The Hustler is really like a psychological drama as much as it is about pool.”