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Miracles Of Card Play (LATEST EDITION) (Master Bridge)
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Product Description
MIRACLES OF CARD PLAY led the way for the hugely entertaining series of stories about the bridge-playing monks of St Titus. It would be no exaggeration to say that this series of hilarious stories is without equal in the world bridge and is a tribute to the bridge and writing skills of two very distinguished authors. 'MIRACLES OF CARD PLAY attains a new high in entertainment for bridge players at all levels ... Marvellous fun.' - OXFORD TIMES
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #178819 in Books
- Published on: 2008-09-11
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
David Bird and Terence Reese have written dozens of bridge books and feature among the all-time great bridge writers. Terence Reese sadly is no longer with us, but David Bird continues to write and review bridge books. Deceased
Customer Reviews
Bridge magic with the monks of St.Titus
This is the first of the series of books about the Bridge playing Monks of the St.Titus monastery.
The book is a collection of humourous articles that appeared in various Bridge magazines. The original articles were the sole work of David Bird. Terence Reese, a much more famous author, collaborated on updating them for publication in book format. The emphasis is on card play and so it does not really matter what bidding style you are used to.
First of all, this book is very funny indeed. The authors do a better job even than Victor Mollo in their development of the characters. The hands are presented as narrative and not as puzzles for the reader to solve. Of course though, there is plenty of opportunity to consider that hands before reading on. The thoughts of the players are also depicted as they try to analyse the hands. This is great as it means that the book can be read with or without attempting to solve the hands yourself. Accordingly, the bridge content is accessible to players of many levels.
As well as following the adventures of the monks on the domestic scene, the book includes a section covering two monks on missionary work in tribal Africa. Some people may be offended at the lack of political correctness in this part of the book. Personally, I find that a shame as the stories are just as interesting and the wit as fine.
