pDAVID SHENK is a national-bestselling author of four previous books, includingi The Forgetting/iandiData Smog/i, and a contributor toi National Geographic/i,iGourmet/i,iHarper & #8217;s/i,iThe New Yorker/i, NPR, andi/iPBS.iThe Forgetting/iwas hailed by John Bayley as & #8220;the definitive work on ...
bAiGLOBE & MAIL/iBEST BOOK OF 2006/bbrbr"I loved this book. Full of burning enthusiasm for the greatest intellectual game in the world, it shows just what can happen when an accomplished author, full of fire and passion, tackles a most wonderful and intricate story. Like a great chess game, this is ...