Basic Bridge in Three Weeks: The Beginner's Day-By-Day Guide to Bridge Mastery

by Alan F. Truscott

This is the first major book in 10 years to cover every facet of the game. Written for the beginner, it proceeds step by step through each phase of play, from the first deal to opening bids,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399513779
• ISBN13: 9780399513770
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Perigee Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Basic Bridge in Three Weeks: a fun an enjoyable book.

This is an excellent book. It is well organized, lucid, coherent. The format is ideal for a busy person like me: the chapters or short, to the point and can be read and absorbed in a period of 1/2-1 hour per session. Each chapter gives points about bidding followed by hand play so you always get to apply in practice what you learned in theory. I would have liked a "master chart" to which I could easly refer to review bidding responses instead of leafing back through the chapters, but this is a minor flaw. The book fulfills it's mission: after reading it one can play on a strong intermediate level. Alan J. Stein, MD

Excellent comprehensive guide for begining bridge players.

I have read several books aimed at novice and intermediate bridge players, but this is the most comprehensive and readable book on the subject I have seen. Play of the hand is associated with the bidding in each chapter. This is unlike "Contract Bridge Complete" by Charles Goren, and other similar books, where the reader spends the first half of the book counting cards and memorizing bids. This juxtaposition of bidding and play makes learning or reviewing the basics of Bridge dynamic and exciting!

For instruction or review, recommended for any bridge player

This well diagrammed, well organized, yet extremely condensed book really can bring the beginner up to the level of basic play; but note that basic is a relatiave term and that the book is written by a master. The book assumes the beginner is a bridge player at heart, which is to say, focused and dedicated. I don't think there is any book on bridge that can teach the game to a beginner alone, even to those who are players at heart, but Truscott's book comes close and is an excellent companion and guide both to the beginner and enthusiastic teacher. It is also a valuable reference and review for the so-called basic player.