Review
"
From Square One takes the reader into stranger and more illuminating corners of the world glimpsed in
Wordplay. Dean Olsher shows the wide-ranging and nimble mind you'd expect of someone who loves crosswords." -- Stewart O'Nan, author of
Last Night at the Lobster and
Songs for the Missing"This is my kind of book. If you like words, and wordplay, and the oddities of the imagination, and the company of an engaging and witty narrator, then it is your kind of book, too." -- Meg Wolitzer, author of
The Ten-Year Nap and
The Wife"Dean Olsher is the Robert Pirsig of crossword puzzles." -- Jon Delfin, seven-time American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion
"If Dean Olsher wrote a book on the history of plumbing supplies, I would snap it up. He whips the subject in a blender of love, curiosity, elation, mystery, humor, and obsession (plenty of that). Plus, you learn a lot of odd and interesting facts about crossword puzzles -- and human beings." -- Maira Kalman, author of
The Principles of Uncertainty"Dean Olsher has written a great book that everyone will love, not just crossword people." -- Isaac Mizrahi
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"
From Square One takes the reader into stranger and more illuminating corners of the world glimpsed in
Wordplay. Dean Olsher shows the wide-ranging and nimble mind you'd expect of someone who loves crosswords." -- Stewart O'Nan, author of
Last Night at the Lobster and
Songs for the Missing"This is my kind of book. If you like words, and wordplay, and the oddities of the imagination, and the company of an engaging and witty narrator, then it is your kind of book, too." -- Meg Wolitzer, author of
The Ten-Year Nap and
The Wife"Dean Olsher is the Robert Pirsig of crossword puzzles." -- Jon Delfin, seven-time American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion
"If Dean Olsher wrote a book on the history of plumbing supplies, I would snap it up. He whips the subject in a blender of love, curiosity, elation, mystery, humor, and obsession (plenty of that). Plus, you learn a lot of odd and interesting facts about crossword puzzles -- and human beings." -- Maira Kalman, author of
The Principles of Uncertainty"Dean Olsher has written a great book that everyone will love, not just crossword people." -- Isaac Mizrahi
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
