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The most unusual bridge book you'll ever read!
The story told in Samurai Bridge takes place in a remote village in early 19th Century Japan. At first, the characters may seem familiar - Shintaro, the heroic ronin (a masterless samurai), Gunpei, the evil town magistrate, Kiku, the tea house hostess with a heart of gold, and so forth. But soon, one becomes aware that these people are not quite what might be expected - in fact, they are all fanatical bridge players, and the climactic battle between the forces of good and evil takes place not in a dojo, but at the bridge table.
A host of fascinating characters inhabit this book, including a seductive ghost with her own plans for the ronin: a Buddhist monk who has some difficulty relinquishing earthly pleasures; a bathhouse-girl whose humble appearance masks something much more deadly; an out of work actor who has unwillingly become involved in a complex masquerade; a notary who's father was a bridge professional at the court of the Emperor until he fell out of favour and an old comrade-in-arms whom Shintaro may have to face in a duel to the death.
Shintaro's story naturally includes swordplay as well as cardplay, interspersed with romance, philosophical asides on the game of bridge, and a fascinating account of bridge and politics at the imperial court. An exotic potpourri of love, mystery, mayhem and a lot of bridge too, set in a world where life is cheap, This is Seven Samurai as Charles Goran might have written it!
Dr Robert MacKinnon, 256 pages
The most unusual bridge book you'll ever read!
The story told in Samurai Bridge takes place in a remote village in early 19th Century Japan. At first, the characters may seem familiar - Shintaro, the heroic ronin (a masterless samurai), Gunpei, the evil town magistrate, Kiku, the tea house hostess with a heart of gold, and so forth. But soon, one becomes aware that these people are not quite what might be expected - in fact, they are all fanatical bridge players, and the climactic battle between the forces of good and evil takes place not in a dojo, but at the bridge table.
A host of fascinating characters inhabit this book, including a seductive ghost with her own plans for the ronin: a Buddhist monk who has some difficulty relinquishing earthly pleasures; a bathhouse-girl whose humble appearance masks something much more deadly; an out of work actor who has unwillingly become involved in a complex masquerade; a notary who's father was a bridge professional at the court of the Emperor until he fell out of favour and an old comrade-in-arms whom Shintaro may have to face in a duel to the death.
Shintaro's story naturally includes swordplay as well as cardplay, interspersed with romance, philosophical asides on the game of bridge, and a fascinating account of bridge and politics at the imperial court. An exotic potpourri of love, mystery, mayhem and a lot of bridge too, set in a world where life is cheap, This is Seven Samurai as Charles Goran might have written it!
Dr Robert MacKinnon, 256 pages
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