Hooked on Chess: A Memoir
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The story of Bill Hook's life with his many passions: chess, painting, traveling, photography and blackjack. A regular at New York's legendary chess club, Fisher's on 42nd Street, Hook met a motley crowd of amateurs, hustlers and celebrities such as Marcel Duchamp, Stanley Kubrick and New York Times music critic Harold Schonberg. With a keen eye for detail Bill Hook portrays lesser gods and famous champions, including a young Bobby Fischer, who, after...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:9056912208
ISBN13:9789056912208
Release Date:December 2007
Publisher:New in Chess
Length:180 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.8" x 8.7"
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