- Published: 1 October 2010
- ISBN: 9781409040699
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 240
Lay the Favourite
A True Story about Playing to Win in the Gambling Underworld
- Published: 1 October 2010
- ISBN: 9781409040699
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 240
Candid, smart, funny, wild and crazy
Elle
Dark, wildly affectionate and very, very funny. It is a world filled with scoundrels, thieves and gamblers, where everyone is looking to somehow come out on top while doing what they love
Stephen Frears, director of High Fidelity and The Queen
From Vegas to Rio, from the boxing ring to the stripper's pole, [meet] the sickest crew of action junkies since Roulettenburg... A kaleidoscope of high-testosterone debauchery
James McManus, author of 'Positively Fifth Street'
It’s a great true story, told with wit, candour and fizzing energy
Simon Shaw, Mail on Sunday
It's frank, unflinching and gritty, exposing with brutal honesty the world of high-stakes gambling experienced by the author at first hand
Bookbag
Raymer is sharp, quick and ballsy. You are caught up in the rush of her life
William Leith, Evening Standard
Raymer's hilarious memoir ricochets through the gambling underworld, peopled with all manner of loveable wack-jobs, none of whom is quite as wacky - or loveable - as Raymer herself
Marie Claire
Seduced by her stories, we long for this strange, sleazy and alluring landscape
Los Angeles Times
With its rich characters drawn in depth, this reads more like a novel than a memoir
Wall Street Journal