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Description
For many, Scrabble is merely a board game. For others it is an intellectual pilgrimage. In this book, Stefan Fatsis, journalist and self-confessed word freak, goes in search of the people for whom Scrabble is life and affords us a glimpse into the extraordinary world of the brilliant geeks and misfit savants who populate the highest ranks of the game.
Playing competitively in tournaments across the world, Fatsis chronicles the story of how Scrabble has grown from a diversion invented by an unemployed architect during The Great Depression into the hugely successful, challenging and beloved game of today.
'Stefan Fatsis is the Hunter S. Thompson of competitive scrabble' - The Times
About the Author
Stefan Fatsis covers the business of sport for The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Brooklyn, New York and is very good at Scrabble.
Reviews
This book has come close to ruining my life... Within two pages I was hooked. This is an enthralling and wonderfully written elegy * Daily Telegraph *
A remarkable book * Independent *
A quirky account of a very peculiar practice * Herald *
A very funny book -- Lynn Barber
An amiable memoir of self-inflicted obsession * Times Literary Supplement *
Book Information
ISBN 9780224060615
Author Stefan Fatsis
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Yellow Jersey Press
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 267g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 24mm
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