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NOVELISTS > novelist > Mario Puzo
He was. ....
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He was. . . a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.
Source: Referring to Jordan Hawley, Fools Die, ch. 2, 1978.
-- Mario Puzo, (Oct 15 1921-1999), US novelist; His works include Godfather, Cotton Club, and Earthquake.