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Word Freak (Paperback)

By: Stefan Fatsis (Author)

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"Surprisingly, one pleasure of reading this I-was-there journalistic account of total immersion in competitive Scrabble playing is also the main pleasure of reading most novels. For in WORD FREAK reporter Stefan Fatsis introduces us to various characters, all fervent professional Scrabble players, who are neither good nor evil but just strange enough to make excellent temporary companions for readers."

"Fatsis is a wonderful writer, and one of the charms of WORD FREAK is his ability to analyze the workings of obsession even while recognizing it in himself."

"[Stefan Fatsis] relishes the gamier aspects of the game, illuminates some odd corners and their odder residents, explains enough technicalities, but not too many, and makes it easy for the reader to follow the play, letter by letter, or skip the detail without guilt."

Publisher's note

Follows the author, who was originally just a curious reporter and now a Scrabble fiend, as he becomes an expert Scrabble player and delves into the realm of Scrabble culture, where he encounters a vitamin-popping standup comic and the three-time champion who plays by Zen principles, and realizes that Scrabble is more than just a game on many different levels. Reprint.

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An inside look at the world of competitive Scrabble players. A New York Times 2001 Notable Book.

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