KING'S TALES by King Robert

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Bridge, no less than golf, has a fine tradition of humorous writing that is at the same time instructive. In this father and son team, a professional bridge player and a professional playwright have joined forces to produce this collection of 30 pastiches.

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KING'S TALES by King Robert

Bridge, no less than golf, has a fine tradition of humorous writing that is at the same time instructive. In this father and son team, a professional bridge player and a professional playwright have joined forces to produce this collection of pastiches. This book consists of pastiches of 30 British and American authors which include names such as Damon Runyon, Isaac Asimov, Noel Coward and Marjorie Proops. It attempts to show readers how to improve their game and provides many insights into ways of avoiding disasters.
King, Robert: - Born in Denver, Colorado, with Ft. Collins his hometown, Robert King attended Colorado State University (M. A. American Literature, 1961) and the University of Iowa (Ph. D. English/Creative Writing, 1965). He retired from the University of North Dakota as Professor Emeritus in 1995. After five years as Visiting Professor of English at the University of Nebraska/Lincoln, he came to Greeley where he taught part-time at the University of Northern Colorado. Now retired, he directs the Colorado Poets Center. He has published one full-length volume, Old Man Laughing (Ghost Road Press, 2007) and five chapbooks, and his work has appeared in anthologies as well as magazines including Ascent, Atlanta Review, Blue Unicorn, Carolina Quarterly, Great River Review, The Malahat Review, Massachusetts Review, The Missouri Review, Nebraska Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Northeast, Poetry, Rattle, Red Rock Review, and South Dakota Review.
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ISBN 13 9780713476453
ISBN 10 0713476451
Title KING'S TALES
Author King Robert
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher Batsford Ltd
Year published 1994-07-05
Number of pages 144
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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