Re: do you know this book?

On Apr 22, 1:31=A0am, rita.c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> In the 70s my partner's ex-father-in-law had a book of bridge stories/
> anecdotes which he had hoped to be given when XFIL went to join the
> great bridge game in the sky. Sadly it had disappeared.
>
> One story from the 30s, at the height of bridge mania, was about a man
> who found himself in court for shooting at his wife =A0at a bridge
> competition. (Non fatally, I assume) =A0The judge who was also an avid
> player, asked what cards they were holding at the time of the offence,
> and what the bidding had been. =A0He was appalled at the wife's poor
> bidding which he judged to have provoked her husband and he dismissed
> the case. =A0I know, probably urban myth!
>
> I would like to get hold of a copy of the book for my old fella, for
> an "o,no!" birthday, if only to be spared the re-telling of the story
> again and again and again. =A0I might not get such an understanding
> judge.

I think you are talking about the book:

The Walk of the Oysters: An Unholy History of Contract Bridge
by Rex Mackey (Author)

You can buy the book used on Amazon.com.

Eric Leong