Word: felson
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...noted in the brief obituary you published on pool shark "Fast Eddie" Parker [MILESTONES, Feb. 19], I disagree with Parker's claim that author Walter Tevis, my late husband, used Parker as the model for his character Fast Eddie Felson in his novel The Hustler (1959). More than a few pool sharks have claimed to have been the inspiration for Felson in the years since the book was published and the movie released. My husband invented his characters. As Walter said, he gave the character of pool player Felson attributes fairly common to any pool player: "Some charm, some nerve...