If you are starting to shop for holiday gifts, I hope you’ll keep in mind my new book, FROM SQUARE ONE: A MEDITATION, WITH DIGRESSIONS, ON CROSSWORDS.
It’s an obvious gift for crossword lovers, but it was written to interest a general audience.
If you plan to buy it or have done so already, thank you. Even better would be if you recommended it to others who might be shopping for gifts.
Barbra Tarkenton of Simsbury, Connecticut (a stranger, I promise) gave it five out of five stars and wrote the following review on Amazon:
“I loved this book. What’s wonderful about it is the way it seamlessly blends autobiographical details with a solid, well-reported appreciation of crossword puzzles. Yes, you learn about how avid British crossword puzzlers were recruited to help solve the Enigma code during WWII, and yes, you learn what the editors of crossword puzzles think makes a good puzzle (‘fresh fill’), but what really lasts in the reader’s mind are the scenes between the author and his father. (And also the story of a couple wherein the husband wakes up early to do the puzzle, and then erases all his answers so his wife can do it.) This book is literary in the best sense of the word.”
To buy the book from Amazon, you can click here.
Barnes & Noble has a special CyberMonday deal going. To buy from B&N;, you can click here.
And don’t forget Powell’s, the wonderful independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, which sells online here.
Thank you. And remember: it would mean so much if you suggested the book to your friends who are buying gifts, too.
Happy CyberMonday,
Dean
