NEW BRIDGE BOOKS JUST ABOUT TO BE RELEASED : SHORT REVIEWS BY PUN

• Getting Across To Partner Your Displeasure And Disapproval........by Hugh Grunt is a hard hitting book that expertly explores the body language used by players in established partnerships. The author quotes hundreds of examples where players pick up a sense of what suit " not to continue " , by the subtle and not so subtle, gestures and facial expressions of their agitated partners.
• That Silverware Belongs To Me.......by Andy Tover is a shocking and disturbing account of how a player was cheated out of trophy by their nearest challengers. They were a pair renown for their wealth and extremely unethical antics, who had somehow bamboozled an appeals committee into adjusting two scores their way, converting complete bottoms into galactic tops. This enabled them to sneak into first place. The author goes on to explain how these cheating dogs had used their sphere of influence over their long standing buddies on the appeals committee, and how bulging brown paper envelopes still had a huge role to play in the process.
• I Know How The ACBL Can Make Bridge Popular Again.....by Aida Nadir offers a radical approach to the way bridge can be promoted and advertised as the most exciting game on earth. This requires the ACBL to fund a batch of action packed movies, all with big name celebrity film stars, where the setting is a world full of intrigue, murder and mayhem. A world of bridge in fact. By propelling bridge into this new "exciting " realm , many film goers might well try out their local bridge club, simply to experience the thrills of avoiding flying bridgemates, along with all the other flak that ensues from fierce encounters between warring players.
• Why Some Men Only Partner Women.....by Homer Fobick is a reactionary book against the rising popularity of gay and lesbian bridge clubs. The author, renown for his bigotry and strict religious beliefs, is very opposed to same gender partnerships, desperate to see bridge return to the good old days of husband and wife partnerships. Always suspicious of ulterior motives when men play together, he makes it a habit of reporting to TDs and committees alike, every single incident when an all male pair wander off to the toilet ( one behind the other ).