To Eloghosa Osunde and Ann Daramola for reading and loving this book so early—thank you, godsiblings.

...the cemetery—which people of shattering wit like Sampson never tired of calling ‘the dead centre of town’...

I have stated time and time again, NL Holdem poker is not the best way to play this game. It is sold as being the Cadillac of Poker, when it really is a dump truck.

to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave