Product Description

Readers of David Bird's humorous bridge stories will give a delighted welcome to this new addition to the celebrated series. As ever, the irascible Abbot makes his acerbic presence felt and the long-suffering fraternity diverts itself with much entertaining and excitingly interesting bridge. For more than 30 years, David Bird's tales of the bridge-crazy monks of St Titus have appeared in magazines around the world. In this tenth collection in book form, the pompous and self-important Abbot hosts a tricky visit from Monsignor Vecchio, a representative of the Vatican authorities. Everything must be done to ensure that the visitor, a very moderate bridge player, finishes well in the monastery duplicate. In another story, the Abbot visits the Convent of St Hilda's and is not overjoyed to be put in partnership with the 80-year-old Mother of Discipline. Regular followers of David Bird's work will know what to expect - a first-rate mixture of excellent bridge, entertaining characters and sparkling dialogue.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #68043 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
David Bird, apart from being an accomplished author and player, is additionally a well-known bridge critic and contributor to many bridge magazines.

Customer Reviews

Slightly disappointing
Although the hands are interesting and the accompanying narrative entertaining as one would expect, with the same characters (and a visit to the Nuns), I was slightly disappointed in the number of hands and stories as well as the fact that one or two of the hands have appeared in different books by the author, just the location has been changed. I would also have liked a few stories about the mission in darkest Africa and the Parrot!

One other point I will mention: in other books of the series it is apparant that not only has the setting of the bridge hand been changed but that the type of bridge being played - no one in their right mind would describe a hand as 'giving us a nice top' in a teams event!