Card Sharks Revealed

Swimming with the Devil Fish, Des Wilson’s timely history of the British poker scene, gets a great review in the Guardian. “While the US market is saturated with poker manuals and ghosted autobiographies, the rich story of poker in Britain has never before been told. This is what Wilson offers, revealingly and compellingly, in a labour of love driven at cracking pace by his trademark breathless enthusiasm.” Born in NZ, Wilson settled in the UK in the 196s. Now retired, his diverse career included founding housing charity Shelter, running Friends of the Earth, acting as Chairman of the Campaign for Freedom of Information, managing Paddy Ashdown’s Liberal Democrats election campaign, serving on the English Cricket Board, and enjoying a lengthy stint as Director of Corporate and Public Affairs for airport giant BAA.