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Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins

By Jerome Charyn

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Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins

By Jerome Charyn

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Ping-pong, played around the world by over 250 million people, cast a hypnotic spell on Jerome Charyns childhood imagination. Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins portrays the great pongistes and includes photos and interviews with table tennis legends Marty The Needle Reisman and Dick Miles. From ping-pong detente in China to the underground bars of New York City, Charyn details the sports history while capturing the intellect, excitement, and anarchic spirit of ping-pongs golden age. This offbeat and entertaining chronicle of one of the worlds quirkier Olympic sports is presented in a completely redesigned trade paper edition. Table tennis can now add to its two certified American superstar players a certified American superstar chronicler The New York Times Both an informed history and an intimate memoir.... (Charyns) book is a giddy delight and a sweet elegy. The Los Angeles Times Book Review
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
210
Release Date:
2002-09-30
Publication Date:
2002-09-01
Publisher:
Hachette Book Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1568582420
ISBN13:
9781568582429
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
220 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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