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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780142002261 |
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He begins by haunting the gritty corner of a Greenwich Village park where pickup Scrabble games can be found whenever weather permits. His curiosity soon morphs into compulsion, as he sets about memorizing thousands of obscure words and fills his evenings with solo Scrabble played on his living room floor. Before long he finds himself at tournaments socializing and competing with Scrabble's elite. But this book is about more than hardcore Scrabblers, for the game yields insights into realms as disparate as linguistics, psychology, and mathematics. Word Freak extends its reach even further, pondering the light Scrabble throws on such notions as brilliance, memory, competition, failure, and hope. It is a geography of obsession that celebrates the uncanny powers locked in all of us.
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"Fatsis . . . writes with affectionate zeal about the game and the fraternity of brilliant, lonely, and otherwise dysfunctional oddballs it attracts." (The New York Times)
"Word Freak has an impassioned subtitle, and it lives up to every word." (People)
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Jenn, September 2, 2006 (view all comments by Jenn)
This is an excellent book about the world of competitive Scrabble. Fatsis doesn't just write about these people, but he becomes one of them and starts playing in tournaments. He gives a wonderful inside look at the people who know obscure words, know where to place words on the Scrabble board for the most points, and do anagrams in their spare time for fun!
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780142002261
- Subtitle:
- Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabbleplayers
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books
- Subject:
- Popular Culture
- Subject:
- Puzzles
- Subject:
- Scrabble (Game)
- Subject:
- Tournaments
- Subject:
- Board
- Publication Date:
- July 2002
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 8.44x5.47x.82 in. .82 lbs.











