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Imagine the movies The Hustler and The Color of Money on steroids and if they were about wine. This book was one of the most unique pieces of literature I've ever read. Trilby is a former wine tasting competitor. He meets a dumb looking guy named Bobby who knows his way around a wine cellar. They strike up a partnership and take the underground world of wine tasting by storm.

The author is a certified sommelier and he describes wines in such detail that it's ridiculously impressive. He also describes fashion, lifestyles and uses humorous references in such detail that you find yourself drawn in and as an author taking notes so you too can truly describe things as well.

I pictured Trilby as Paul Newman and Bobby as every bumbling dumb character you can think of but they are totally fun and likeable. The antagonist Johnny Tan is an overzealous eccentric Asian boss type character who you either admire or find repulsive. I found myself going back and forth on him.

Overall, this book was amazing and a great read. Sure, there's an aircraft carrier amount of swears but aside from this and a few graphically explicit pages the book is a great crime read. If you like crime thrillers and books on gambling then you'll enjoy this wildly entertaining thrill of a book.