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Cut Numbers
Author	Nick Tosches
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Harmony (USA)
Publication date	June 15, 1988 (USA)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	233 pp (hardback first edition)
ISBN	0-517-56870-5
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	PS3570.O74 C88 1988

Cut Numbers is the first novel by Nick Tosches.^[1]^[2] It involves small-time criminals struggling to maintain the financial viability of their cut numbers game after the implementation of the New York Lottery. They establish an elaborate scheme to fix the legitimate state lottery. The main character is Louie Brunellesches, who also appears in Tosches' novel In the Hand of Dante.

References

^ Probst, Bethami (October 16, 1988). "Loan Shark Blues". The New York Times. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
^ Dretzka, Gary (July 31, 1988). "Two Perfectly Seedy Setups for Novels of Urban Crime". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2009.

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[1] Probst, Bethami (October 16, 1988). "Loan Shark Blues". The New York Times. Retrieved November 9, 2009.

[2] Dretzka, Gary (July 31, 1988). "Two Perfectly Seedy Setups for Novels of Urban Crime". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2009.

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