When he is released after months of confinement, he sinks more deeply into alcoholism and abandons his spaceship. Newton has also attracted the attention of the FBI and the CIA who arrest him and accidentally blind him during their examination of him. Bryce tracks him down and Newton offers him a job running his laboratory, working from a very advanced portfolio of technical specifications on the spaceship. He also attracts the attention of Nathan Bryce, a chemistry professor in Iowa, who is intrigued by some of the new products Newton's company brings to the market, and already suspects that Newton may be an alien being. Along the way, he acquires a hillbilly housekeeper, Betty Jo, who introduces Newton to alcohol. He amasses a fortune and begins to build a spaceship to help the last 300 Antheans migrate to Earth.

Antheans are twice as intelligent as human beings and with some capital from the sale of the rings in hand, Newton visits the office of Oliver Farnsworth, the best patent lawyer in the country and through him licenses the patents for some very advanced Anthean technology. On Anthea he had learned the language and customs of the United States by watching our television. He arrives laden with gold and diamond rings which he pawns in local pawn shops to acquire some start up money. Thomas Jerome Newton, an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devastated by a series of nuclear wars, lands on Earth, in Kentucky, disguised as a human, with the intention of saving his own people from extinction. The 20th Century Fox Film produced and directed by Robert Rossen was released in 1961 The Hustler was first published by Harper & Row. “Opens the door on a world that books have not yet made commonplace.scenes in which a smoky, seedy world becomes sharply alive and crises are intense.” In beating Fats he became the best in the country. When it is over, Eddie knows a great deal more about big- time pool, about money, and about himself. Bert knows that talent without character is nothing and stakes Eddie to a climatic return match for all or nothing. It takes an interlude with Sarah, an alcoholic student and a born loser, to give the lesson meaning, and the shrewd advice and backing of Bert, a professional gambler, to put it into practice. It proves a hard and painful lesson to learn. This contest shows Eddie some things he did not know about guts, stamina and 'character ' - the difference between winners and losers.

Eddie and Fats pit nerve against skill in a fantastic match over an unbroken thirty six hours. Hustling suckers in small towns for good stake money was practice for his goal and when he felt ready he went to Bennington's pool hall in Chicago to look for Minnesota Fats. To Fast Eddie Felsen, a young pool hustler, there was only one thing that mattered: to make the big time and the big money in the world of pool by beating the best in the country.

The hustler by walter tevis