Word Freak
A Journey Into the Eccentric World of the Most Obsessive Board Game Ever Invented
$35.44
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2002
Summary
‘Stefan Fatsis is the Hunter S. Thompson of competitive Scrabble’ - The Times
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, affording 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 w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224060615 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0224060619 |
| Author: | Stefan Fatsis |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Yellow Jersey Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2002 |
| Weight: | 267g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A remarkable book
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 *
A sort of On the Road with a bag of letter tiles * Harper’s and Queen *
Stefan Fatsis
Stefan Fatsis covers the business of sport for The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is very good at Scrabble.
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