The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats

The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats. A book by Edward Mcpherson.

The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats, comes out tomorrow, August 7, from HarperCollins.

The book is about bridge, the card game, and the people who play it.

http://www.amazon.com/Backwash-Squeeze-Other-Improbable-Feats/dp/0061127647

An excerpt that appeared in Salon this weekend:

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/08/04/backwash_squeeze/

And the book was reviewed in Saturday's Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118617994052187798.html

colorwheel

Overhead improvements prevail like subtle shifts in an evening hue,
Like finding new colors
From the colors you grew up with.

persephone

i heard falls knock on summer's door.

"i have no idea where persephone is, honestly."