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The presentation of “The Gambler”, a book about American-Armenian businessman, billionaire, philanthropist, Executive Director of Tracinda Corporation and National Hero of Armenia, Kirk Kerkorian, is set to be held in Armenia’s third largest city of Vanadzor.

The Armenian version of the book published by Edit Print publishing house will be presented at the Lori regional library of the city on August 11, Panorama.am reports.

“We continue presenting the “The Gambler” about Kirk Kerkorian in the country’s different regions. The regional presentations are aimed at not only introducing the book to the local residents and telling them who was Kirk Kerkorian, but also boosting the cultural life of the inhabitants of regions,” said Shavarsh Karapetyan, the marketing director of the publishing house.

On 4 August, the presentation of the book was held in the second largest city of Gyumri.

Authored by William C. Rempel, “The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History Hardcover” was released in the United States on 23 January 2018. 

Rempel states that this is an inspiring story of the 98-year life of Kirk Kerkorian, a boy who would run barefoot on the soft and fertile land of the San Joaquin Valley until his family’s financial crisis turned him into a city boy who was forced to fight for finding his place on the dirty sidewalks of Los Angeles.

He was a tough boy who would cry during funerals, a modest person who would secretly take pride in his achievements, a business genius who would ignore the MBA’s advisors, a brave pilot and movie magnate, a gambler in casinos and in Wall Street and a person who would place bets on the most probable outcome with a supernatural skill and minimum risks.

This is factually a documental book, since all the citations and descriptive scenes are based on eyewitness accounts or previously published stories.