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Doubled And Venerable: Further Miracles of Card Play (Master Bridge)
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Product Description
This is the third book in a series featuring the bridge-playing monks of St Titus. The style and humour of the narrative enhances the bridge deals which are of considerable technical interest.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #279776 in Books
- Published on: 1998-09-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 183 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
""Distinguished by non-stop action and observant humor of a refreshingly gentle kind which is, at times, excruciatingly fun . . . The hands are fascinating." --"Oxford Times
About the Author
David Bird is recognised as the world's leading humorous bridge writer. He is also a bridge player of distinction and is the bridge critic of the Mail on Sunday, the Evening Standard and the Glasgow Times. He lives in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire. Deceased
Customer Reviews
Very funny, a great read.
This is the third book in the Monks of St.Titus Bridge series. As with the earlier works, the book follows the exploits of the Bridge playing monks in England and also, it picks up on the adventures of their missionary outpost in Africa. As usual, the format concentrates on play rather than on bidding. Rather than being presented as pure puzzles, the play unfolds in a narrative style. This is doubly useful. There is an opportunity to treat each hand as a not too serious double dummy problem but also, it is quite possible to just follow the narrative and allow the authors to expose the solution.
A book such as this can be quite dry but the characters and situations spice things up with a good degree of wit. Even if you have read none of the other books in the series you will quickly become familiar with the characters and their foibles. This levening explains why these books are able to appeal to readers with a range of abilities from beginners so callow as to present this reviewer with an opportunity for victory up to those who deign to partner me once a year as a special favour.
The authors are to be commended on one matter in particular. The books in this series lose none of their sparkle even after you have read all of them more than once. They are very good indeed.
I wholeheartedly recommend this book for any bridge player and it would also make a great present for any bridge playing friend.
