On Snooker (First Printing) The Game and the Characters Who Play It

Richler, Mordecai

ISBN 10: 0676973728 / ISBN 13: 9780676973723

Published by Knopf Canada, Canada, 2001

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194 pages; minor smudge on front free endpaper. Few minor smudges on the exterior edges of textblock. Light shelf wear on DJ. Small sticker residue on DJ front's top corner. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Snooker (First Printing) The Game and the Characters Who Play It
• Publisher: Knopf Canada, Canada
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0676973728
• ISBN 13: 9780676973723
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Stated First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good-
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-

About this title

Synopsis

From his first days as a poolroom hustler playing truant from Baron Byng High School at the Rachel Pool Hall, Mordecai Richler has remained a snooker devotee. In his inimitable style, he delves into the fascinating world of snooker with pith and perception.

But On Snooker is not just a lifelong fan's memoir. It is a brilliantly entertaining history of the game and an account of snooker's bad boy champions, including Alex (The Hurricane) Higgins, Cliff (The Grinder) Thorburn—both Canadian and interviewed for this book—with a chapter devoted to their special exploits and drug escapades. There are other colourful types: Ronnie (The Rocket) O'Sullivan, whose dad ("Ron's the name, porn's the game") is serving a life sentence for murder. Finally there is Stephen Hendry, the greatest player ever, who has won the world championship a record seven times.

Mordecai Richler also makes clear why many great writers have been fascinated by sports and why snooker and literary readers go together, including Hemingway, Shulberg, Mailer, Roth, Plimpton, Martin Amis, and others.

Very funny, passionate, and thoroughly researched on snooker tables from Montreal's The Main to Dublin, On Snooker is a book lovers of Richler and of great sports writing will cherish.

About the Author

Mordecai Richler is the author of ten novels, and numerous essays and screenplays. In his lifetime, he won two Governor General’s Awards, the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, among others. He was also a Companion of the Order of Canada. Mordecai Richler passed away in Montreal in July 2001.