Word Freak
Subtitle: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: July 7, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780618015849
First sentence: THE COPS ARRIVE, as they always do, their Aegean blue NYPD cruiser bumping onto the sidewalk and into the northwest corner of Washington Square Park.