Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins

Ping-pong, played around the world by over 250 million people, cast a hypnotic spell on Jerome Charyn's childhood imagination. Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins portrays the great pongistes and includes photos and interviews with table tennis legends Marty " The Needle" Reisman and Dick Miles. From ping-pong detente in China to the underground bars of New York City, Charyn details the sport's history while capturing the intellect, excitement, and anarchic spirit of ping-pong's golden age. This offbeat and entertaining chronicle of one of the world's quirkier Olympic sports is presented in a completely redesigned trade paper edition. " Table tennis can now add to its two certified American superstar players a certified American superstar chronicler , The New York Times " Both an informed history and an intimate memoir.... [Charyn's] book is a giddy delight and a sweet elegy." , The Los Angeles Times Book Review