Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins

by jerome-charyn

Worn covers have creased corners. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

Paperback

First published September 20, 2002

Reviews

[Makis Dionis · Rating 4 out of 5]

O Charyn είναι συναρπαστικός ακόμα και για ζαρζαβατικά να γράφει
Εδώ σε ένα χρονικό για το αγαπημένο του sport, όπου παρελαύνουν με τις ρακέτες τους ανάμεσα σε άλλους και ο Μπόμπι Φίσερ, ο Χένρυ Μίλλερ, ο Ζωρζ Μουστακί και ο ίδιος, φιλοσοφεί για δεξιοτεχνία, λογοτεχνία, ταξίδια, πολιτική και στάση ζωής.

[Οδυσσέας Μουζίλης · Rating 4 out of 5]

Στις κριτικές φαλτσάρω :p

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Υ.Γ. 4,5*

[Konstantinos · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5/5* πολύ διασκεδαστικό βιβλίο!

[steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m not sure this book could have come at a much better time. Right when we got a ping pong table delivered to work!

I really enjoyed this book. Especially the first half which talked more about Charyn’s early days on the ping pong scene in NYC in the 1940’s. How cool. I wish places like Lawrence’s still existed.

When he hit Nixon territory I didn’t enjoy the book as much. The other thing that killed me was the way Charyn would introduce someone and then subsequently refer to them by either their first name, last name or nickname. Sometimes all in the same paragraph! I found that a little hard to keep up with at first and later just a bit annoying.

Overall though, a great and fun book about America’s history with ping pong told with all the gusto of a true fanatic which one can’t help but find contagious.

[Dustin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Loosely structured... it kind of just details his lifelong obsession with ping-pong. And he does a decent job of evoking a lost world of NYC underground ping-pong clubs. If you're not into paddle sports, though, odds are you'll hate this book.