Mr. Darcy Plays Draughts and Other Stories: The Checker Fiction of Bob Newell

ISBN-13: 9781535303354 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 246 str.

Bob Newell

Opis

The world's first and only collection of checker fiction, featuring poetry, short stories, and novelettes, each with one or more checker problems with full solutions. * Why is Elizabeth suspicious about Mr. Darcy's seemingly innocent interest in draughts? * Can a nerdy grad student and a beautiful FBI lab tech solve a series of brutal murders? * What really happened in Lindyville, Iowa, at the turn of the 20th century? * Can Old Ned make a comeback against the city slicker? --- and many more stories, sure to entertain and delight both the checker fan and the literary buff.