---
title: "The Return of the Player"
author: "Michael Tolkin"
genre: "Mystery & Thriller, Contemporary / Drama"
category: "Fiction"
themes: "Hollywood ambition and decay;The pursuit of success (and its cost);Identity and persona (the 'player' archetype);Moral ambiguity and violence"
isbn_13: "9781555847487"
isbn_10: "155584748X"
asin: "0802143024"
bnid: "1100378433"
amazon_link: "https://www.amazon.com/Return-Player-Michael-Tolkin/dp/0802143024"
bookshop_link: "https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-return-of-the-player-michael-tolkin/62d6e840f78d3f1f"
bn_link: "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-return-of-the-player-michael-tolkin/1100378433"
source_url: "https://marciebooks.co/?search=The%20Return%20of%20the%20Player"
data_license: "CC BY-NC 4.0"
---

# The Return of the Player

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