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Tickets to the Devil

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Tickets to the Devil
First edition
AuthorRichard P. Powell
LanguageEnglish
GenreSatire
PublisherScribners
Publication date
1968
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages248 pp
ISBN0-910791-41-4

Tickets to the Devil (1968) by Richard P. Powell is novel taking a glimpse into the world of duplicate bridge in the late 1960s. The story features characters loosely based on great players of those days, along with some fictional characters. All of them are competing or involved in a National bridge event set in the fictional Xanadu hotel in Miami Beach, while their stories intersect and interact in a Grand Hotel fashion.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Sam Maltin (October 5, 1968). "Bid & Made" (Book review). The Gazette. p. 20.
  2. ^ Bridge books reviewed - Pattaya Bridge Club