Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabblep Layers Fatsis Stefan
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabblep Layers Fatsis Stefan Scrabble may be truly called America's game. It is also the story of how the Scrabble…
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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabblep Layers Fatsis Stefan
Scrabble may be truly called America's game. It is also the story of how the Scrabble game was invented by an unemployed architect during the Great Depression and how it has grown into the hugely successful, challenging, and beloved game it is today. But for every group of "living-room players" there is someone who is "at one with the board." In Word Freak, Stefan Fatsis introduces readers to those few, exploring the underground world of colorful characters for which the Scrabble game is life-playing competitively in tournaments across the country.
More than a book about hardcore Scrabble players, Word Freak is also an examination of notions of brilliance, memory, language, competition, and the mind that celebrates the uncanny creative powers in us Along the way, Fatsis chronicles his own obsession with the game and his development as a player from novice to expert.
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