| The Rogues' Game |  | Author: Milton T. Burton
Publisher: Minotaur Books
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 945,882
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1St Edition
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0312336810
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780312336813
ASIN: 0312336810
Publication Date: July 1, 2005
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Product Description
1947. An enigmatic man driving a fine Lincoln convertible and accompanied by a beautiful blonde, comes to a small West Texas town. Ostensibly, his purpose is to get into a poker game that had been going at the infamous Weilbach Hotel. But as the story unfolds, it becomes apparent that he has a darker motive, one that centers on a sinister local banker named Clifton Robillard. Aided by an old-time hood named Chicken Little, the protagonist maneuvers Robillard toward a shattering climax in which we discover that nothing is what it seems to be.
With its wildcatting spirit, The Rogues' Game is a high stakes novel and an exquisite quest for revenge.
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 A strong debut with great promise May 25, 2008
Jeff (Northern California)
The Rogue's Game is a hell of a ride through post WWII Texas. It's got a great poker game seemingly at the heart of it, until you realize that poker is just a means to an end.
Burton's characterizations are quite unique, and drip with the flavor of West Texas. His sense of the slang, and character nicknames are very appealing. If you like movies like The Sting, anything to do with poker, noir novel, or sharp local dialog like almost no one writes today, run to get this book and make sure to check out his second book, The Sweet and the Dead, which is a true five star read. We can only home that Milton Burton is going to be with us for a very long time. This is one hell of an entertaining read.
 EXCELLENT NOVEL March 28, 2008
Cappy (Paris,France)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mr. Burton's characters are very well developed .
It is hard to believe he has not written more books.
I hope to read more of his books in the future .
The plot moves quickly and is never dull.
One of the best grifter plots i have ever read.
It is bizarre at times and captures the imagination
of the reader .
CAPPY
 Good Plot Idea But ... August 21, 2006
C. G. Howie (Redwood City, California United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Backdrop for story in post WWII Texas is intriguing as is basic plot but story becomes too predictable & the characters are caricatures. The result is a below-average page turner.
Texas, Oil, Women, WWII and Con games...what more do you need? July 9, 2006
Bob the Book Reader (San Francisco, California USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great first book. As a native Texan I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of old time Texas in the 40s, oil wells, greed and con men. Plus a little dose of WWII intrigue. Looking forward to Mr. Burton's next effort.
Burton Stacks the Deck February 20, 2006
Gary Griffiths (Los Altos Hills, CA United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Kudo's to first time author Milton T. Burton for pulling it off - a slick and immensely satisfying read told with the flair and sophistication of an author you'd think had been doing this for a career.
"The Rogues' Game" refers to, at least on the level closest to the surface, a weekly poker game held in an aging hotel of a backwater post-World War II Texas hole of a town. In classic noir fashion, we learn neither the name of the town nor our narrator whose story rolls as easily across the pages as our hero rolls into town in a grand convertible with an even grander blonde babe on his arm. From there Burton artfully leads us down what appears to be an oft-traveled path of a pair of grifters on the con, but soon we find that the author and his narrator have a much more important score to settle than a simple heist in a local high-stakes poker game. Braced by a strong supporting cast of memorable thugs with names like "Chicken Little" and "Ice Pick Willie", the author weaves a tight mystery told in dusty Texas roadhouses and smoky (...) fight galleries, settings which he knows well and relates with authority. With oil boom in truly Texan scale and murky allusions to Reinhard Heydrich and other Nazi war criminals, the initially simple block thickens deliciously on the way to an unsuspected jackpot.
Well paced, gritty, and authentic, both Milton T. Burton and his debut novel are the real deal. I'm looking forward to his next hand - you'd be wise to place a bet on this one.
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