The cardturner : a novel about a king, a queen, and a joker / Louis Sachar.
by Sachar, Louis.
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BookPublisher: New York : Delacorte Press, c2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: 336 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0385736622.Other title: Card turner.Subject(s): Bridge (Game) -- Fiction | Uncles -- Fiction | Blind -- Fiction | Handicapped -- Fiction | Death -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- FictionDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.
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When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.
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