From his first days as a poolroom hustler playing truant from Baron Byng High School, Mordecai Richler has remained a snooker devotee.
Here, in his inimitable style, he delves into the fascinating world of snooker with pith and perception. Outrageously funny, passionate and thoroughly researched on snooker tables from Montr?al's The Main to Dublin.
On Snooker is a book that lovers of Richler and of great sports writing will cherish. It is not just a lifelong fan's memoir it takes us on an entertaining journey thought the story and world of snooker, from the odd origins of the game born the illegitimate child of billiards on a
British Indian Army base in the nineteenth century to the now wildly popular world Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield England. On the way we meet the great players the central figure of the book is Stephen Hendry, probably the most talented snooker player ever and snooker's bad boy champions, including Canada's Cliff "The Grinder" Thorbun and Krik Stevens; Alex "The Hurricane" Higgins, Jimmy "The Whirlwind" White and Ronnie " The Rocket" O'sullivan, perhaps the game's most gifted natural talent, whose dad, a former porn dealer is serving a life sentence for murder.
On Snooker is a brilliant, witty and compact look at the game of snooker past, present and future.
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