Balling The Jack - Frank Baldwin Reviews

Balling The Jack - Frank Baldwin Fiction Book

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Newest Review: ... One day his two passions collide when a rival team offers him a bet he is too drunk to turn down - $40000 on a winner takes ... more

 ... all match. Can Tom get the money together on time to make the bet, and if he does can he get his team to win the match? With everything running on the one game Tom is about to meet a turning point in his life, the only questions is which direction is it going - up or down? Although I suggested at the start of my review that this book is based around darts I was lying a little. Yes, the central premise is about a darts game, but the story is more about the bet and how it affects Tom's life. Therefore, the book...more

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samueltyler
Balling The Jack - Frank Baldwin: New Balls Please (813 words)
by - written on 16/10/08 (Very useful, 113 readings)
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Of the number of sports and activities out there to write about perhaps darts would not be my first choice. Even after years of trying to shrug off the image of fat men drinking pints it still has to be said that even though the ocky is tee total the men are still by and large not the fittest. I am partial to watching a bit of darts on the Beeb when the major titles are on offer, but reading about it? I can't imagine that there is much tension to be had describing yet another dart glancing off a rim. It was Frank Baldwin's decision to base 'Balling the Jack' around a darts game. I wonder if he has the talent to pull it off? Tom Reasons is a gambler at ...  Read the complete review

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