Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)

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William (Billy) Phelan, a young gambler and bookmaker. Billy Phelan is a pool hustler and a familiar figure among Albany’s shadowy nighttime crowd. A gambler with a gift for sizing up his opponents, he earns his living on the fringes of society but in the center of a netherworld in which he moves comfortably and securely. He operates as a bookie with the permission of the powerful McCall family. When the McCalls ask him to perform a service for them that would violate his personal code of ethics, Billy must decide where his allegiance lies.

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