Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Word freak: heartbreak, triumph, genius, and obsession in the world of competitive scrabble players

Author: Fatsis, Stefan
Title: Word freak: heartbreak, triumph, genius, and obsession in the world of competitive scrabble players
Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2002, 2001
Description: x, 372 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: P. 368-370
Note: "Originally published in the United States of America by Houghton Mifflin 2001"
Subject(s):
  • Scrabble (Game) -- Tournaments

Review(s):

  • Levinson, Martin H. "Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble." ETC.: A Review of General Semantics 59.4 (Winter 2002): 458
  • "Word freak: heartbreak, triumph, genius and obsession in the world of competitive Scrabble." The Atlantic Monthly 288.3 (Oct 2001): 129-30
  • "WORD FREAK: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble." Publishers Weekly 248.23 (June 4, 2001): 70
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