What do the Alcatraz coup, the cannibal squeeze, and the journalist leads all have in common? Answer: they are all techniques in the card game bridge. In the 1930s, bridge was even bigger than baseball. In The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats, Edward McPherson recounts the game’s history and his attempts to master it in time for the North American Bridge Championships.

The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats is available for purchase at amazon.com

Edward McPherson will be speaking and signing books
Monday, August 13 at 7pm
McNally Robinson
52 Prince Street (between Lafayette and Mulberry)