Hooked on Chess: A Memoir

by Bill Hook

The story of Bill Hook's life with his many passions: chess, painting, traveling, photography and blackjack. A regular at New York's legendary chess club, Fisher's on 42nd Street, Hook met a motley crowd of amateurs, hustlers and celebrities such as Marcel Duchamp, Stanley Kubrick and New York Times music critic Harold Schonberg. With a keen eye for detail Bill Hook portrays lesser gods and famous champions, including a young Bobby Fischer, who, after...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9056912208
• ISBN13: 9789056912208
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: New in Chess
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.7"