Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins a big words book But it is those they

But it is those they love who will suffer most

Widely acclaimed and hotly contested

now he's alone in the darkness of vast Caddo Lake

Recommended by Nicole Cliffe in Slate

readers continue to have opportunities to be fully immersed in Gabby's world—through text

Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins a big words book But it is those theyPing pong, played in every corner of the world by over 250 million people, cast a hypnotic spell on Jerome Charyn's imagination early on. Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins portrays the great pongistes, from Ruth Aaron, the Ginger Rogers of table tennis, to writer Henry Miller. From ping pong detente in China to the underground bars of New York, the playlands of Las Vegas, and the convention centers of Florida, Charyn details the sport's history while