(Read free ebook) From Square One: A Meditation, with Digressions, on Crosswords
| #3690402 in Books | Scribner | 2011-09-10 | 2011-09-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.44 x.70 x5.50l,.56 | File Name: 0743287630 | 192 pages |
||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| flawed but really interesting|By gerryb|I loved the amazing information so fluidly presented- a fascinating history of crosswords and the gossip, recollections and stories of puzzlers both famous and unknown. I loved finding out that Meg Wolitzer, author of one of my favorite novels ("The Wife") is a serious crossword person. I also am a huge fan of cryptics, but don't really||"Dean Olsher has written a great book that everyone will love, not just crossword people." -- Isaac Mizrahi
"If Dean Olsher wrote a book on the history of plumbing supplies, I would snap it up. He whips the subject in a blender of love, curiosity,
From Square One is Dean Olsher's captivating and in-depth exploration of the cultural history, psychology, and even metaphysics of crosswords - their promise of a world without chaos and uncertainty. It is often repeated that more than 50 million Americans do crossword puzzles on a regular basis. Skeptical of that claim, Dean Olsher does his own research and finds that the number is nearly dead-on. Filled with lively, original reporting, From Square One disputes the wid...
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